Professor Chin Interviewed on Nassar Case by KXTV

Professor Gabriel “Jack” Chin was interviewed by Sacramento television station KXTV (ABC-10) on the sentencing of former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University team doctor Larry Nassar, who pleaded guilty to criminal sexual assault of women and girls in his care. Nassar was sentenced to 45 years in prison.

"This is obviously an extremely egregious case," said Chin. "He abused vulnerable victims over a long, long period of time."

Professor Chin said the judge probably sentenced Nassar to 45 years rather than life because “life wouldn’t necessarily mean life.”

“In other jurisdictions, there’s a possibility of parole after 25 years, and if you get a term of years instead of life, you have to serve a specified amount of years,” said Chin.

Gabriel "Jack" Chin is Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law and holder of the Edward L. Barrett, Jr. Endowed Chair at UC Davis School of Law. He is a prolific and much-cited criminal and immigration law scholar whose work has addressed many of the most pressing social issues of our time.