Article: Predator handed two life sentences: District Attorney Tim Harris says Gary Lee Graham Jr. "won't ever hurt anybody in our community again.".

Byline: Bill Braun

May 26--A judge sentenced Gary Lee Graham Jr. to two consecutive life prison terms Friday, a result that District Attorney Tim Harris said ensures that a "violent sexual predator won't ever hurt anybody in our community again."

Graham, 37, pleaded no contest to 12 felonies -- three rape counts, five counts of lewd molestation, two counts of first-degree burglary and single counts of attempted rape and forcible sodomy.

In accordance with a plea agreement, Tulsa County District Judge Tom Gillert imposed two consecutive life terms for two rape by instrumentation offenses.

Those are "85 percent" crimes, with each life ...

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