St. Thomas Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For Raping And Impregnating Minor

ST. THOMAS -- V.I. Superior Court Judge James Carroll III today sentenced Alan Archibald to a term of life imprisonment for raping and impregnating a minor, the court announced via press release Friday. On April 7, Mr. Archibald, 44, was convicted by a jury of second-degree aggravated rape and incest. At the sentencing hearing, Assistant Attorney General James Connor, Jr. asked the court to sentence Mr. Archibald as a habitual offender, based on Title 14 VIC § 61.  In his allocution, Mr. Connor told the court that Archibald now qualifies as a habitual violent offender and outlined the defendant’s history of rape convictions. “A review of the defendant’s history shows that in 1991, he was 19 and was convicted of aggravated rape; the victim was 10 years old,” Mr. Connor said. “On January 29, 2002, he was convicted of aggravated rape and sentenced to eight years… The defendant has never once shown one bit of remorse…The defendant rapes kids.  He has been given chances, he has been given l...