A Rhode Island pedophile apparently wasn’t prepared for his punishment after exploiting and molesting young girls.
Thomas Goodman, 45, collapsed onto a table inside the Providence courtroom on March 22 as a judge announced a sentence 160 years longer than prosecutors had called for. The judge sentenced Goodman to eight 30-year sentences and one 20-year sentence, to be served consecutively.
U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell handed down the sentence, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Rhode Island.
Prosecutors said Goodman had admitted to producing child pornography involving prepubescent children on multiple occasions over a period of more than ten years. Goodman also admitted to having had sexual contact with at least three prepubescent females, according to the statement.
In the course of the investigation, detectives found that at least 62 of the videos and 135 of the images of child pornography Goodman produced involved young children. Investigators determined Goodman created the pornographic material between September 2007 and February 2018, according to the attorney’s office.
Judge McConnell ruled Goodman must serve out a total of a 260-year sentence in federal prison.
“You spent six years sexually abusing two young girls when they were 6 years to 12 years old. It is clear to me that as a result of you being victimized you went out and victimized.” McConnell stated his most important obligation was to protect the public and ensure that Goodman could never again harm the victims by making sure he never got out of prison.
Prosecutors stated Goodman filmed himself inappropriately touching a three-week-old infant. The abuse allegedly started when she was just three weeks old until she was 18 months. Goodman, who heard he would spend the rest of his life behind bars by the judge, groggily came back to his senses several minutes after collapsing on the table.
The Rhode Island man will serve the sentences consecutively, ordered by the judge. Prosecutors called it “by far the worst” case they have ever handled.
Unapologetic with his sentence, Assistant U.S. Attorney Lee Vilker, stated the harm the pedophile caused them will never leave the victims’ memory. Several of Goodman’s victims are now 16 years old and have been scared personally after he abused them for years since they were toddlers.
Sources: OpposingViews, Express