A Sacramento child molester is staring down what is effectively a lifetime behind bars. On Thursday, a judge sentenced 38-year-old Daniel Robinson to 102 years and 4 months to life in prison for sexually abusing two children, ages 8 and 14, after a jury found him guilty of a long list of charges, according to prosecutors.
Judge Imposes Triple-Digit Term
According to the Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, Robinson was convicted in case No. 23FE008301 of 21 child-sex offenses involving the two victims. The judge stacked the punishment consecutively, count after count, for a total of 102 years and 4 months to life, a structure prosecutors said was meant to match the severity and duration of the abuse.
Prosecutors told the court that Robinson used his access to the children to gain their trust, then groom and repeatedly abuse them. The ages of the victims and the ongoing nature of the conduct were key arguments for the exceptionally long sentence.
How Prosecutors Say It Happened
As reported by FOX40, prosecutors said Robinson became a "trusted adult" to the children, which opened the door for the grooming to start. They said he spent roughly a year grooming the younger child before the abuse was finally reported to authorities.
FOX40 notes that the jury convicted Robinson of multiple counts of molestation and related sex offenses involving both victims, reflecting repeated conduct rather than a single incident.
Legal Note on Parole Eligibility
The Sacramento County District Attorney's Office said Robinson will be eligible for a parole hearing after serving 20 years under state rules, though that eligibility is only the first step and does not guarantee release.
The California Board of Parole Hearings explains that so-called elderly-parole eligibility generally requires an incarcerated person to be at least 50 years old and to have served at least 20 years. A parole panel still has to decide whether the person poses an unreasonable risk to public safety, and the Board's overview outlines those criteria and limited exceptions.
How This Fits Locally
Prosecutors argued that long, consecutive terms were necessary in Robinson's case because of the victims' young ages and the sustained, repeated nature of the abuse. The result is another eye-popping sentence in Sacramento County child-sex prosecutions, where judges have not been shy about issuing symbolic, century-level punishments in the most serious cases.
In a separate multi-victim case, a Sacramento County man was previously given a multi-hundred-year sentence for nearly three dozen child sex assault crimes, as reported by CBS Sacramento.
