I am NOT saying what he did is okay, as a matter of fact it is sick! But 27 years- people get less for murder! Guess he will be smelling Bubba's feet for the next 3 decades!


DENVER -- The first persona to be arrested in Denver on DNA evidence alone has been sentenced to 27 years in prison after pleading guilty to burglary and indecent exposure.

"I take full responsibility," Terre Jefferson, 35, told Denver District Judge Morris Hoffman at his sentencing Monday. Jefferson was ordered to register as a sex offender and get sex-offender evaluation and treatment.

He was accused of entering the homes of three women who awoke to find him sitting on their beds or standing nearby, fondling himself. Prosecutor Dawn Weber said he would ask the victims if he could smell or lick their feet.

The incidents occurred in August 2002 and July and August 2004.

District Attorney Mitch Morrissey filed the cases last year against a defendant known only by his DNA collected at the crime scenes. Investigators later identified Jefferson as a suspect by comparing their evidence with a DNA sample he was required to submit after he was convicted on another burglary charge in 2004.

Jefferson pleaded guilty in the latest cases in August.

Defense attorney Katie Manzanares said Jefferson has learned from his mistakes and is taking classes intended to help sexual offenders.