Roy Charles Waller, whose crimes went unnoticed for nearly three decades, is being taken away after being sentenced to 897 years in prison, the maximum legal limit on Friday, December 18, 2020 at Sacramento Superior Court in Sacramento, California (Paul Kitagaki Jr./The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
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UPDATE 12:51 PM PT – Sunday, December 20, 2020
Roy Waller, also known as the ‘NorCal Rapist’, was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in Sacramento, California.
Waller received the maximum sentence of 897 years in state prison on Friday.
Over the course of 15 years, the 60-year-old former UC Berkeley employee was charged with assaulting and sexually assaulting nine women in the Golden State.
Victim Theresa Lane reads her impact statement at the sentencing hearing before Roy Charles Waller, Friday, December 18, 2020, at Sacramento Superior Court in Sacramento, California (Paul Kitagaki Jr./ The Sacramento Bee via AP, Pool)
Last month, Waller was convicted on all 46 counts. According to officials, he continued to claim his innocence and declined to apologize to the victims, who made their statements on Friday.
“He knows he’s proven to be the NorCal rapist and even though he won’t admit it, even though he won’t apologize, even though he won’t show any regrets,” said prosecutor Keith Hill. “He will know what the jury said based on today.”
According to reports, Waller plans to appeal the sentence for upholding his innocence.