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Oddly enough, Earls, 64, entered a plea of no contest to charges of raping and sodomizing the girl. He was only sentenced to serve one year of a 20-year sentence. What is even more unbelievable is the judge in the case, Thomas Bartheld, recommended Earls receive credit for time served leaving Earls with only three more months behind bars. In articles by The McAlester News-Capital, the district attorney in the case, Jim Bob Miller, said everyone involved in the case agreed to the plea bargain because they were afraid Earls would go free.