Judge Sentences Convicted Pedophile to 600 Years in Prison

A Montana judge sentenced a man convicted of sexually abusing four children to 600 years in prison on Thursday.

A jury in July convicted Scott Ellison of six felony charges related to the abuse of the minors, who were all under the age of 13. He was first accused in May 2018 of masturbating in front of an underage teen boy and girl. Following more revelations about the incidents, a rape charge was added.

Ellison violated the terms of his bond by sending packages to the children after he had been prohibited from making contact with them.

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Prosecutors recommended a total of 500 years, but Cascade County District Judge John Kutzman went even further when he handed down his decision this week, the Great Falls Tribune reported.

Carl Jensen, Ellison’s attorney, asked the court to allow the sentences on all six terms to run concurrently.

But the judge denied Jensen’s request. Making the terms for the offenses consecutive resulted in Ellison getting slapped with a 600 year sentence.

Kutzman said that it only made sense to avoid making the terms consecutive if he felt “sorry” for the convicted man.

“And I don’t,” he told Ellison.

“There is no question that something less than 100 years would be better for you. There is no question that suspending 50, 60, 70 years would be better for you. But it wouldn’t be better for the victims. It wouldn’t be better for society,” Kutzman said.

Kutzman won’t be eligible for parole for 150 years, meaning he will almost certainly die in prison.

Other abusers in the headlines

Earlier this week, a man who allegedly had sex with a 13-year-old girl was beaten by her family after they interrupted the act.

Javionne Thomas, 18, has been charged with felony carnal knowledge of a juvenile, the Associated Press reported.

When Monroe sheriff’s deputies responded to a call regarding an injured person on Sunday, Thomas told police he was attacked by a girl’s family after they discovered him having sex with her, according to a police report.

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Following an investigation, deputies learned the girl was underage. Thomas claimed he did not know how old the girl was and declined to press charges against the family.

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