A black sex offender, who posed as a cop and kidnapped a woman, gets life in prison

Wesley Watson, a 55-year-old rapist, has been declared an aggravated habitual sexual offender and sentenced to life in prison with zero chance of parole. In December 2010, Watson posed as a cop, accused a woman of shoplifting, kidnapped her and attempted to rape her in Kansas City, Kansas. In February 2011, Watson pleaded guilty to charges of attempted rape, kidnapping and aggravated sexual battery. Watson had been convicted of attempted rape in 1977 and rape and aggravated assault in 1980. In one of the rapes, Watson followed a 14-year-old girl home from school, broke into her home and raped her. The Kansas Parole Board granted him parole in January 2009. Sedgwick County authorities tried to have Watson committed indefinitely as a sexual predator to the Larned State Mental Hospital, but Watson's defense reportedly presented two psychiatrists who testified that Watson wasn't dangerous. They were obviously wrong, but a Wichita jury deadlocked, and Watson was released in January 2010.