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Moats sent to prison as repeat child molester
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A repeat child molester will spend most of his remaining life behind bars after he was given 30 years in prison for raping an underage girl.The molester, Hank Manuel Moats, 44, entered guilty pleas before Circuit Court Judge Bart Stanley to three counts of rape. He was directed to serve 30 years in the state penitentiary at 100 percent, meaning he will not be eligible for early release through parole. He will be 74 when he is due to get out of prison.