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LEXINGTON MAN SENTENCED TO 139 YEARS FOR SEX CRIMES AGAINST A CHILD
October 31, 2019
Chase Horn
KFOR
NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) – In early September, Joseph Stephens took off before a Cleveland County jury found him guilty of two counts of forcible sodomy and one count of lewd acts with a child.
The jury recommended a 139-year sentence for Stephens. He was found a week later hiding with his wife in a hotel room, and Thursday, a judge agreed with the jury sentencing Stephens to the full 139 years in prison.
A decision his brother-in-law says was a long time coming.
“Justice was served today,” Thomas Steadham told