Man Gets 30 Years for Impregnating Daughter

(Cleveland, Ohio) A 30-year-old local man, Eric Banks, was convicted of raping and impregnating his 11-year-old daughter. He said he looked at her as a girlfriend, not as his daughter, and had sex with her to prove his love. Nonetheless, Judge Kathleen Sutula yesterday sentenced Banks to 30 years in prison for 29 counts of rape and 29 counts of kidnapping.

The Banks' daughter gave birth to his child.