"He was also sentenced to over six years in prison for other offenses, to run consecutively. He is ineligible for probation because he was already on probation for severely abusing another child, the judge said while handing down the sentence on Monday. His sentence also included more than $20,000 in fines and court fees. Prior to the sentencing, the defense objected to imposing any court fees or fines, saying Jake Haro is indigent and a public defender client."
"In response, the prosecutor said the defendant "deserves no leniency." Last month, the 32-year-old father pleaded guilty to all charges, including second-degree murder, assault causing bodily harm to a child resulting in the death of said child and filing a false police report, according to court records. The father, who previously pleaded not guilty with his wife Rebecca Haro in September, cried in court when he was giving his plea on Oct. 16."
""He destroyed my family," she told the court. "Everybody in my family, all my children are destroyed by this." "He changed my daughter. We don't know who she is," she continued. "He kept my daughter away. I don't know what he did or how he changed my daughter's life, but she was never that same person after she went to live with him.""
Jake Haro pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, assault causing bodily harm to a child resulting in death, and filing a false police report and received a 25-years-to-life sentence. He received over six additional years for other offenses to run consecutively and more than $20,000 in fines and court fees. He is ineligible for probation because he was already on probation for severely abusing another child. The defense objected to fines citing indigency and public defender status while the prosecutor said the defendant deserved no leniency. The baby's maternal grandmother described deep family devastation. The mother pleaded not guilty to an amended complaint.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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