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June 2nd, 2011, 04:38 PM
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Phillip, Nancy Garrido sentenced in Jaycee Dugard kidnapping
By Michael Martinez, CNN
June 2, 2011 3:55 p.m. EDT
Phillip and Nancy Garrido abducted Jaycee Dugard when she was 11 years old.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Dugard's statement to court calls the Garridos "evil"
Dugard calls her 18 years of captivity a "sexual perversion" forced upon her
Nancy Garrido's husband, Phillip, also will be sentenced Thursday
The married couple pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault in April
(CNN) -- Phillip Garrido was sentenced Thursday to 431 years to life in prison in the kidnapping and sexual assault of Jaycee Dugard, who was held captive from age 11 to 29 by Garrido and his wife, according to the El Dorado County, California, district attorney's office.
His wife, Nancy Garrido, 55, was sentenced earlier in the day to 36 years to life in prison for her role in the abduction and rape, said Garrido's attorney, Stephen Tapson.
Dugard didn't appear in court Thursday for the sentencings, but she submitted an emotional statement that was presented by her mother, according to Dugard's media representative, Nancy Seltzer.
Jaycee Dugard called the Garridos "evil" and described their captivity of her as a "sexual perversion" forced upon her for 18 years.
The Garridos, a married couple, pleaded guilty in late April in El Dorado Superior Court to charges of kidnapping and sexual assault.
Garridos plead guilty in court
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Phillip Garrido
Nancy Garrido
Jaycee Dugard
Criminal Sentencing and Punishment
Dugard was snatched from the street in front of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California, in 1991. Authorities found her in 2009. During those years, the Garridos held Dugard in a hidden compound on their home's grounds in Antioch, California. She bore two daughters, fathered by Phillip Garrido.
Dugard's written statement, presented during Phillip Garrido's sentencing, was lengthy.
"I chose not to be here today because I refuse to waste another second of my life in your presence. I've chosen to have my mom read this for me," Dugard wrote.
"Phillip Garrido, you are wrong. I could never say that to you before, but I have the freedom now and I am saying you are a liar and all of your so-called theories are wrong. Everything you have ever done to me has been wrong and someday I hope you can see that.
"What you and Nancy did was reprehensible. You always justified everything to suit yourself but the reality is and always has been that to make someone else suffer for your inability to control yourself and for you, Nancy, to facilitate his behavior and trick young girls for his pleasure is evil. There is no God in the universe that would condone your actions," Dugard said.
"To you, Phillip, I say that I have always been a thing for your own amusement. I hated every second of every day of 18 years because of you and the sexual perversion you forced on me," she continued.
"To you, Nancy, I have nothing to say.
"Both of you can save your apologies and empty words. For all the crimes you have both committed I hope you have as many sleepless nights as I did.
"Yes, as I think of all of those years I am angry because you stole my life and that of my family. Thankfully I am doing well now and no longer live in a nightmare. I have wonderful friends and family around me. Something you can never take from me again. You do not matter any more," Dugard wrote.
Phillip Garrido was a registered sex offender on parole at the time of his arrest.
California law doesn't provide for a death penalty for the offenses committed by the Garridos, District Attorney Vern Pierson said in April.
Phillip Garrido, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and 13 counts of sexual assault, Pierson said. He faces a maximum possible sentence of 431 years to life in prison and has waived his right to appeal, the district attorney said.
Nancy Garrido, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of rape by force, and to California's "one strike" rape law, Pierson said.
Her sentence is the maximum possible based upon the sentencing laws in effect in 1991, he said.
Nancy Garrido also has waived her right to appeal, prosecutors said. Her plea was offered contingent upon Phillip Garrido pleading guilty and waiving his right to appeal, prosecutors said.
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Phillip, Nancy Garrido sentenced in Jaycee Dugard kidnapping
By Michael Martinez, CNN
June 2, 2011 3:55 p.m. EDT
Phillip and Nancy Garrido abducted Jaycee Dugard when she was 11 years old.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
Dugard's statement to court calls the Garridos "evil"
Dugard calls her 18 years of captivity a "sexual perversion" forced upon her
Nancy Garrido's husband, Phillip, also will be sentenced Thursday
The married couple pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual assault in April
(CNN) -- Phillip Garrido was sentenced Thursday to 431 years to life in prison in the kidnapping and sexual assault of Jaycee Dugard, who was held captive from age 11 to 29 by Garrido and his wife, according to the El Dorado County, California, district attorney's office.
His wife, Nancy Garrido, 55, was sentenced earlier in the day to 36 years to life in prison for her role in the abduction and rape, said Garrido's attorney, Stephen Tapson.
Dugard didn't appear in court Thursday for the sentencings, but she submitted an emotional statement that was presented by her mother, according to Dugard's media representative, Nancy Seltzer.
Jaycee Dugard called the Garridos "evil" and described their captivity of her as a "sexual perversion" forced upon her for 18 years.
The Garridos, a married couple, pleaded guilty in late April in El Dorado Superior Court to charges of kidnapping and sexual assault.
Garridos plead guilty in court
RELATED TOPICS
Phillip Garrido
Nancy Garrido
Jaycee Dugard
Criminal Sentencing and Punishment
Dugard was snatched from the street in front of her home in South Lake Tahoe, California, in 1991. Authorities found her in 2009. During those years, the Garridos held Dugard in a hidden compound on their home's grounds in Antioch, California. She bore two daughters, fathered by Phillip Garrido.
Dugard's written statement, presented during Phillip Garrido's sentencing, was lengthy.
"I chose not to be here today because I refuse to waste another second of my life in your presence. I've chosen to have my mom read this for me," Dugard wrote.
"Phillip Garrido, you are wrong. I could never say that to you before, but I have the freedom now and I am saying you are a liar and all of your so-called theories are wrong. Everything you have ever done to me has been wrong and someday I hope you can see that.
"What you and Nancy did was reprehensible. You always justified everything to suit yourself but the reality is and always has been that to make someone else suffer for your inability to control yourself and for you, Nancy, to facilitate his behavior and trick young girls for his pleasure is evil. There is no God in the universe that would condone your actions," Dugard said.
"To you, Phillip, I say that I have always been a thing for your own amusement. I hated every second of every day of 18 years because of you and the sexual perversion you forced on me," she continued.
"To you, Nancy, I have nothing to say.
"Both of you can save your apologies and empty words. For all the crimes you have both committed I hope you have as many sleepless nights as I did.
"Yes, as I think of all of those years I am angry because you stole my life and that of my family. Thankfully I am doing well now and no longer live in a nightmare. I have wonderful friends and family around me. Something you can never take from me again. You do not matter any more," Dugard wrote.
Phillip Garrido was a registered sex offender on parole at the time of his arrest.
California law doesn't provide for a death penalty for the offenses committed by the Garridos, District Attorney Vern Pierson said in April.
Phillip Garrido, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and 13 counts of sexual assault, Pierson said. He faces a maximum possible sentence of 431 years to life in prison and has waived his right to appeal, the district attorney said.
Nancy Garrido, 55, pleaded guilty to one count of kidnapping and one count of rape by force, and to California's "one strike" rape law, Pierson said.
Her sentence is the maximum possible based upon the sentencing laws in effect in 1991, he said.
Nancy Garrido also has waived her right to appeal, prosecutors said. Her plea was offered contingent upon Phillip Garrido pleading guilty and waiving his right to appeal, prosecutors said.
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