Arkansas man gets 20 years for raping 12-year-old girl

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An Arkansas man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday after pleading guilty to a 2015 rape involving a 12-year-old girl, according to the Hot Springs Sentinel-Record.

Shawn Michael Hulsey, 22, of Hot Springs reportedly pleaded not guilty in 2016 by reason of mental disease or defect, but a mental evaluation found him fit to proceed with trial. He pleaded guilty to a rape charge Oct. 3.

Court records cited by the newspaper show that in 2015, a woman told authorities that her daughter, who was staying at a friend's home, was possibly sexually assaulted. She said she walked in to find her daughter, who was 12 at the time, partially dressed and leaning on a man later identified as Hulsey, according to the Sentinel-Record.

The girl later reportedly said that Hulsey, who knew how old she was, had performed multiple sexual acts on her. She said he tried to have intercourse with her but she pushed him away, the newspaper reported.

Read the Sentinel-Record's full story here.

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