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Texas Attor­ney Gen­er­al Ken Pax­ton Secures Life Sen­tences for Child Sex Offender

Summary by setexasrecord.com
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton successfully prosecuted a Lexington man for child sexual abuse crimes, securing two consecutive life sentences plus 20 years in prison and a $10,000 fine. Benjamin Earlie Thornton, 67, was found guilty of two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child and one count of Indecency with a Child by Contact by a Lee County jury. The jury returned the maximum sentence on all three counts after deliberating for appr…
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setexasrecord.com broke the news in on Tuesday, May 6, 2025.
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