Harr gets 14 to 18 years on each child abuse count

PONCA, Neb. -- Dixon County District Judge William l. Binkard sentenced Michael Harr Sr. to 14 to 18 years in prison today on each of two counts of first-degree assault for his two-week binge of abuse against his live-in girlfriend's 7-year-old daughter. Further, Binkard set the sentences to run consecutively.With Nebraska's so-called truth in sentencing and credit on each count for the 201 days he has already served, Harr, 32, of Concord, Neb., could be eligible for parole in just under 13 years.Binkard, working from a 346-page psychiatric report, said there was nothing in it to indicate Harr could be rehabilitated. It described a long history of "ungovernable behavior" and of having poor impulse control. .

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