From the U.S. : Woman receives 100-year sentence for abuse

Ashley Lynn Stapert had nothing to say Thursday as she was sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing a friend’s six-month-old daughter.

Stapert — found guilty of two counts of child molesting Oct. 7 by a Delaware Circuit Court 2 jury — also instructed her public defender, John Quirk, to make no argument on her behalf at Thursday’s hearing.

It’s possible Stapert said everything she needed to say in an earlier interview with a probation officer. According to Judge Kimberly Dowling, the Muncie woman recounted becoming sexually aroused when she changed the baby girl’s diaper, and also described her fantasies that focused on the infant.