RUTHERFORD COUNTY, TN - In a historic verdict, 26-year-old Brian Jeffrey Burke, Jr. of Murfreesboro, TN has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the aggravated rape of a child, marking the first instance of the tougher penalty imposed under an amended Tennessee State law in Rutherford County. The verdict was reached swiftly by a Rutherford County jury, taking only 15 minutes after the conclusion of the three-day trial. Rutherford County Circuit Court J .
The convict was also fined ₹50,000 under Section 6 of Pocso Act, with the judge ruling that 90% of the fine imposed on the convict is to be paid to the father of the victim for meeting medical expenses and rehabilitation of the victim