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    r. At least 15 other family members attended the hearing. Tamara Humphries,   
   his mother, said her son “is a good son,” and said he is a “kind,   
   respectful” and helpful person. She also apologized to the victims, adding,   
   “I didn’t raise my son    
   to be the kind of person they claim for him to be.” “I’d like his son to   
   get the chance to know him,” Tamara Humphries added. Judge Robert Haida said   
   he wished Humphries would have cared about his family members on the nights he   
   assaulted the two    
   women as much as his family cared about him on sentencing day. “I take them   
   at their word,” Haida said. “Very few people are all good or all bad. None   
   of us are perfect. That’s what makes us human beings.” But the judge said   
   the victims will    
   deal with the emotional effects of the assaults “for the rest of their   
   lives.” In prison, Humphries will be “deterred from preying upon other   
   innocent people,” Haida said. Humphries also hurt his family when he raped   
   the two wome   
    n, Haida said. As the judge read out the sentences for each charge — 15   
   years each for two counts of aggravated assault and 15 years for one count of   
   criminal sexual assault — Humphries’ mother and the mother of his child   
   exited the courtroom in    
   tears. They returned moments later, in time to hear the judge explain to   
   Humphries that he has 30 days to file a motion to withdraw his guilty plea if   
   he believes trial proceedings were unfair. If nothing changes, Humphries will   
   have to serve at least 85    
   percent of his sentence minus the 14 months he has already spent in jail — a   
   minimum of roughly 37 years. Before leaving the courtroom, the judge allowed   
   Humphries to hold his baby for a few moments. After the sentencing, one victim   
   said, “One less    
   monster on the streets.”   
      
      
      
   https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article125505109.html   
      
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