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old, he has committed more crimes than I think most criminalshave committed in a lifetime.”Attorney J.C. Bryant, who represented Barton on the first set ofcharges, asked the judge to be le nient on the grounds that Barton suffered from an addiction tocrack cocaine, alcohol and otherdrugs and was young enough to turn his life around.“If he’s given the minimum sen tence of 15 years, that’s almost as long as he’s been on earth already,” Bryant said.Bryant described Barton as a person crying out for help, once offering the gun up to the victim and calling the police to tell them heneeded help after he dropped the victim off at the mall.But despite testimony from Barton’s father, and letters from friends and supporters stating that Barton had the ability to change, Judge Johnson said their belief in him compared to the crimes he had committed “just doesn’t fit.” Barton received a life sentence for the first degree burglary charge, and 30 years each for the first degree criminal sexual con-:t and kidnapping charges.
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Aiken Standard
Aiken, South Carolina, US
Wed, Apr 05, 1995
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