Judge Gives Pediatrician Life In Prison For Sexually Abusing Children

By Brent Odemn


Delaware pediatric doctor Earl Bradley will spend the rest of his life in prison for committing unspeakable acts of sexual abuse against dozens of his patients. The abuse took place over a ten year period. 
Under Delaware law, a life sentence is mandatory for a person convicted of rape against three or more  victims. Bradley also was sentenced to 160 years in prison for multiple counts of assault and sexual exploitation of a child. Bradley recieved 14 life sentences without the possibility of parole for 14 counts of first degree rape. The 58 year old pedophile showed no emotion as the verdict was read.

"You will never be in a position to harm a child again,"  Judge William Carpenter, Jr. told Bradley.

Bradley videotaped his perverse acts with many of the children. Some women in the courtroom wept as the prosecutor recounted Bradley's heinus crimes. Bradley's attorney argued against allowing the videotapes to be used as evidence and is confident about an appeal. Bradley nor his public defender spoke at the sentencing hearing.

The convicted pedophile walked away from two prior allegations of abuse back in 2005. But in December of 2009 was arrested after a 2 year old girl complained to her mother after leaving Bradley's office. In 2005 parents, relatives and other pediatricians told police about Bradley inappropriately touching children; still nothing was done. It wasn't until 2009 that detectives arrested Bradley and searched his office where dozens of videos were hidden. The tapes showed Bradley committing sex acts with over 80 children most of whom were under five years old. Detective Scott Garland described the videos as brutal and violent. Bradley could be seen picking the kids up by the head and throwing them across the room after he finished abusing them. He sometimes had to revive children using CPR.