Doctor's letter elicits groans, gasps in packed courtroom

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — After Larry Nassar offered a brief apology to the women and girls that he admitted molesting, the judge who sentenced him quoted from a letter that the gymnastics doctor had written to her. Parts of the letter elicited gasps and groans from the audience in the courtroom gallery. Some excerpts as read from the bench:

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"The federal judge went ballistic at sentencing since I pled guilty to the state cases and spent 10 percent on the federal case and 90 percent on the state cases and civil suits. She gave me 60 years instead of five to 20 years. (three consecutive 20-year sentences). I pleaded guilty to possession of porn from 9-2004 to 12-2004 - four months.