Turning Down Plea Bargain Costs Sex Offender Time In Prison

The Texarkana man who turned down a plea bargain for three years in prison has been sentenced to 20 years in prison after standing trial. Shaquyl Blackwell was convicted by a New Boston jury of seven women and five men of Indecency with a Child. He was also fined $5,000 and ordered to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.