A Mexican man who was deported from the US 20 times has been convicted of 10 counts including sexual assault in Oregon.Oregon is one of those lefty "sanctuary states" where state officials have a policy of denying to turn immigration offenders over to the feds.
On Friday, Sergio Jose Martinez, 31, was sentenced to 35 years in prison in a Portland courtroom after pleading guilty to kidnapping, sexual assault, sodomy and several other counts, KOIN reported.
Martinez smiled throughout the trial, and as he left, he gave one grim parting shot to his two victims' relatives: 'See all you guys in Hell.'
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Martinez's lawyer, Jonathan Sarre, said his client 'suffers from some mental illnesses; often such people may do inappropriate things in these situations.'
However, he acknowledged that a doctor had declared Martinez competent to stand trial.
Martinez had been freed from jail in Portland a week before the attacks; he was in there for interfering with police and providing a false birth date.
He was released despite a request from US Immigration and Customs Enforcement for the Multnomah County Sheriff's Office to hold him so the agency could take him into custody.
Where Republicans see a career criminal, Democrats see a potential voter.
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