Former MLB Player Gets 45 Years

Associated Press
Published: June 17, 2009

FORT WORTH, Texas
Former major league outfielder Mel Hall has been sentenced to 45 years in prison after being convicted of raping a 12-year-old girl he coached on an elite basketball team.

A Tarrant County jury on Wednesday sentenced Hall to 40 years in the aggravated sexual assault charges and five years on the indecency charges.

He must serve about 22½ years in prison before becoming eligible for parole.

The jurors took about 90 minutes Tuesday to convict Hall on three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child and two counts of indecency with a child and a little more than hour on the
punishment.

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