FRESNO, California – A man in United States has been sentenced to 1,503 years in prison for raping his teenage daughter over a four-year period.
Rene Lopez, 41, was sentenced Friday to the longest-known prison sentence in Fresno Superior Court history, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Judge Edward Sarkisian Jr, who announced the punishment, told the man he is a ‘serious danger to society’ and noted that he had never shown remorse and has blamed his daughter for his predicament.
The victim was first sexually abused by a family friend but instead of protecting her, Lopez turned her into ‘a piece of property,’ prosecutor Nicole Galstan said.
The victim was raped two to three times a week from May 2009 to May 2013, when the girl got the courage to leave him, Galstan said.
A jury in September found him guilty of 186 felony counts of sexual assault, including dozens of counts of rape of a minor.
“When my father abused me, I was young. I had no power, no voice. I was defenseless,” said the daughter, who now is 23 years old.
The man turned down two plea deals. Before his preliminary hearing, if he had admitted his guilt, prosecutors would have recommended 13 years in prison. He rejected the offer.
Then before his trial, he was offered 22 years in prison if he admitted his guilt. He declined that offer, saying he should be released from jail for the time he already had served.
