Emotion plays into sex abuse sentencing

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David A. Shultz and Dean M. Trout could have been sentenced to prison for a combined 270 years for sexually abusing children in Carroll County.

But together they got three years after reaching plea agreements with the state ? 30 months for Shultz and six months for Trout.

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