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#JakeWagner now moved to the defense table with two attorneys.
Kirk McVay, attorney for
#JakeWagner, spoke about his earlier agreed-on sentence: max of eight consecutive life sentences without parole, with 160 more years. "Mr. Wagner entered his pleas knowingly.”
McVay continued: Jake knows he cannot appeal his sentence. He has worked with Jake for six years and noted his cooperation with the prosecution. He asked the court to acknowledge days already served.
#JakeWagner:" I have I want to say." Asked to face the victim families. Stood.
#JakeWagner speaking to victim families: "I used to be a manipulator." Two or three weeks after the crimes, he was filled with guilt, he said. "I asked God, put me and my family back on the straight and narrow path in whatever way you can."
#JakeWagner: He said he is glad he got caught. Speaking to the mother of victim Hannah Hazel Galley: "I ask if you are a woman of some kind of faith, I would ask you to read the Bible."
#JakeWagner continued: "Only a relationship with Jesus Christ will save you." Looking around the courtroom, he continued to talk about his faith. "I committed every single sin that the Bible lists." With that, Andrea Shoemaker exited the courtroom.
#JakeWagner continued: He said he cares for the victims and their sorrow. "I don't forget what I've done." He said he was "completely willing and ready" to pay the price for his crimes. He spoke without notes saying he'd been thinking about what to say for years.
Judge Hein asked
#JakeWagner to wrap up his remarks then gave him two minutes to finish. "Forgiveness is a powerful thing," he said. He ended with this: "Jesus has a cost" but committing to him will transform their lives. "I do pray for you all.”
Hein told
#JakeWagner he doesn't consider religious beliefs in sentencing.
Hein surprise: He is NOT signing the deal that was agreed on earlier. Instead, he is giving
#jakewagner 32 years, with chance for parole after that. He now called a break.
More detail: 12 years on the gun charges for
#JakeWagner, 20 years (concurrent) for the eight aggravated murders. Chance of parole after 32 years. Tears from the Rhoden side of the courtroom.