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US ex-policeman gets 263 years prison for rape

Los Angeles, Jan 22: A former police office from the state of Oklahoma was sentenced to 263 years prison for raping and sexually abusing African-American women while on duty.

Daniel Holtzclaw was found guilty in December of rape and oral sodomy in 18 of the 36 counts that he faced.

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Yesterday the judge in the case issued the sentence following the jury's recommendation. "It is what it is," Holtzclaw's attorney Scott Adams told reporters after the sentencing. "It wasn't a surprise."

Prosecutors said that Holtzclaw preyed on black women in poor areas of Oklahoma City. The assaults took place between late 2013 and mid-2014.

As evidence mounted against him, Holtzclaw was fired from the police department in early 2015. One of the victims, Demetria Campbell, filed a lawsuit against him in November 2013.

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