Decatur County football coach booked into jail on charges of Rape of a Child

Breaking News: Details are limited at this time but a Decatur County educator and football coach has been booked into jail on charges of Rape of a Child

Rape of a child TCA: (a) Rape of a child is the unlawful sexual penetration of a victim by the defendant or the defendant by a victim, if the victim is more than eight years of age but less than thirteen (13) years of age.

(b) Rape of a child is a Class A felony and shall be punished as follows:

(1) If the defendant was a juvenile at the time of the offense, then the defendant shall be punished as a Range II offender; however; the sentence imposed may, if appropriate, be within Range III, but in no case shall it be lower than Range II; and

(2) If the defendant was an adult at the time of the offense, then the sentence must be:

(A) Death;

(B) Imprisonment for life without possibility of parole; or