A prosecutor asked a judge Wednesday to sentence a woman who raped an 11-year-old girl to prison for the rest of her life.
Tina Hill faced a maximum of 234 years in prison on 30 sex charges. The 41-year sentence she received, in all likelihood, translates to a life sentence for the 43-year-old Hill.
Assistant Prosecutor Terri Kohlrieser made a passionate plea to Judge David Cheney to punish Hill while sending a message to others in the community who may commit the same crimes.
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“I cannot even begin to express the heinousness of this crime,” Kohlrieser said. “She basically pimped out [the victim] because she wanted someone to take care of her [Hill]. She wanted someone to have sex with her [Hill]. She wanted someone to take care of her house.”
Hill met a man who lived in Henry County and committed the crimes to please the man. That man, Kevin Ritz, is facing child sex charges in federal court and faces up to life in prison, said Alissa Sterling, an assistant U.S. attorney.
Hill made a rambling statement asking the judge for mercy.
“I screwed up in my life,” she said. “I just want a chance to get back out to prove I can be the right person.”
Kohlrieser said Hill’s conduct likely will affect the young girl for the rest of her life and lead to numerous problems.
Cheney said he always tries avoid getting upset with a defendant. Doing so, he said would cause him to lose his objectivity and ability to see “the whole picture.”
“I’m not angry in this case but this has pushed the limit. In my level of disgust and being sickened is second to none upon,” he said. “I am more effected in this situation than murders I have had.”
Hill’s attorney, Mike Short, said Hill’s case was one of the hardest he’s had to handle during 20 years as an attorney.
“This is a heinous crime,” he said.
But Short said the message Kohlrieser asked the judge to send never fixes anything. He said plenty of people have been sent to prison for long periods in the past and people continue to commit crimes.
He asked the judge to not go “overboard” when issuing a sentence.
Hill pleaded guilty to rape, complicity to rape, endangering children, tampering with evidence, six counts of pandering sexually oriented matter involving a minor, and 20 counts of illegal use of a minor in nudity oriented material/performance.
