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   Jacolby Hasan Williams. Photo courtesy Colorado Springs Police Department.   
      
   A two-year legal saga over the gang rape of a 13-year-old Colorado Springs   
   girl ended in bedlam Friday, with relatives of the reputed “ringleader”   
   protesting his sentence by shouting taunts at prosecutors and victim’s   
   family.   
      
   After a judge sentenced Jacolby Hasan Williams to 16 years to life in prison   
   — the minimum sentence under the law — his mother and supporters filed out   
   of court and erupted in a stream of invective in the hallway, much of it   
   obscene.   
      
   “F—her grandfather, f—her family and f—the girl,” Williams’ mother   
   shouted at piercing volume, apparently referring to the teenage victim.   
      
   The group of roughly a dozen people followed a police sergeant and members of   
   the prosecution team to the elevator, focusing their anger on lead prosecutor   
   Christina Perroni.   
      
   “You did this because you’re a white (expletive),” a woman shouted   
   through a gap in the door moments before it closed.   
      
   While displays of emotion are common in court, the tone of Friday’s outburst   
   was unusual, capping a case that seized headlines, and aroused passions,   
   across the country. The presiding judge, Michael McHenry, received death   
   threats from people who    
   believed he was too lenient in accepting plea deals from four of Williams’   
   co-defendants. In each case, the judge did so at the request of the   
   prosecution and defense attorneys.   
      
   Williams was among five men and a 16-year-old boy arrested in December 2016   
   after the girl reported that she was pinned to a bed and raped by all six in   
   Williams’ apartment. At a two-week trial in April, a jury convicted Williams   
   of two counts of    
   sexual assault, one including the allegation that force was applied, requiring   
   a mandatory prison term.   
      
   He had faced an indeterminate sentence of 16-48 years on the top charge. Under   
   Colorado’s stringent sentencing scheme for sex offenders, Williams can be   
   held for the rest of his life, until he is deemed safe for release to the   
   community.   
      
   After Williams’ trial, the girl’s claim on the stand that she was held   
   down against her will was disputed by newly discovered evidence: Six minutes   
   of cellphone audio capturing the girl’s voice as she apparently signals her   
   willingness to perform a    
   sex act.   
      
   That media file resulted in prosecutors tossing all charges against   
   Williams’ 16-year-old brother, who would not be barred from sexual activity   
   with a consenting 13-year-old under Colorado law.   
      
   The same isn’t true for Williams, who was 19 at the time, meaning the   
   13-year-old wouldn’t be lawfully able to grant consent.   
      
   In August, McHenry denied a motion for a retrial for Williams based on the new   
   evidence, saying it was impossible to know what happened before or after the   
   6-minute period, and that forensic evidence showed the girl suffered injuries.   
      
   Retaining his composure after the sentencing, Williams’ uncle, John Baptiste   
   Williams Jr., said his nephew was deprived of a fair trial and that McHenry   
   “isn’t a fair judge.”   
      
      
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