By Emma Loura
Former Manhattan chiropractor Clark Petersen was sentenced to 32 years in prison Friday morning for 51 sex crimes, including rape, against 16 patients.
A Riley County District Court jury in August found Petersen, 66, guilty of four counts of rape, 40 counts of aggravated sexual battery, four counts of sexual battery, one count of lewd and lascivious behavior, one count of attempted rape and one count of attempted aggravated criminal sodomy.
Judge Grant Bannister doubled time for certain charges to emphasize the severity of the crimes. For example, the sentence for four counts of rape would typically be 165 months (more than 13 years) and that became 330 months (more than 27 years). The total sentence for Petersen is 384 months.
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