An American predator has been slammed with a staggering 438-year prison sentence for sexually abusing and raping six children over more than a decade.
Matthew Cody Ball’s Horrific Crimes
Matthew Cody Ball, 36, was convicted on multiple counts, including continuous sexual abuse of a child, nine counts of child rape, aggravated sexual battery, and statutory rape by an authority figure. His youngest victim was just four years old. The chilling trial took place in Sumner County, Tennessee, where the jury needed only 20 minutes to deliver the guilty verdict.
Life Behind Bars Without Hope of Freedom
Ball was sentenced without the possibility of parole, meaning he will rot in jail for life. This brutal sentence ensures he will only leave prison in a coffin.
Not the Longest US Sentence Ever
While Ball’s sentence is huge, it’s not the longest in US history. That grim record belongs to Charles Scott Robinson, who in 1994 was handed a 30,000-year term after abusing a three-year-old girl in Oklahoma. Robinson was ordered to serve six consecutive 5,000-year sentences – a clear message that some horrors deserve unthinkably harsh punishment.
