A Batavia, Illinois, chiropractor has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. Dr. David Hanson previously pleaded guilty to secretly recording patients, including children, as they undressed in his office. In September, Hanson pleaded guilty to producing and distributing child sexual abuse material, which are Class X felonies.
Those were just two of the 76 counts in the indictment against him, after Kane County prosecutors determined that he had secretly recorded nearly 200 patients as they undressed in his office and shared the recordings on the internet. Some of the victims were as young as three. In addition to the sentence, he will be required to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life. The judge sentenced Hanson to the maximum of 60 years in prison, with 370 days already served.
The judge sharply condemned Hanson’s crimes in remarks before announcing the sentence, saying that if he could, he would have imposed a much longer term of imprisonment than the one provided for in the plea agreement. “Time and again, 188 times, you have proved that you cannot function as a free man,” the judge said. “I don’t know if you will ever get out, but frankly, I very much doubt that any of the victims care. They know that for a long, long time you will no longer be present in society to terrorize anyone,” the judge added.
During Hanson’s hearing, dozens of victims gave victim impact statements in court. When the final sentence was announced, two officers stood next to Hanson in the courtroom as a precaution in case parents reacted violently. After the sentencing, the judge ordered that Hanson be immediately escorted out of the courtroom.
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Source: Polski.FM
