Man sentenced to 20 years for inseminating teenage stepdaughter with syringe

AKRON, Ohio (AP) _ A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for impregnating his teenage stepdaughter with a syringe of his own sperm. <br><br>John Goff, 41, quoted Bible verses and said he forgave

Tuesday, October 8th 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

AKRON, Ohio (AP) _ A man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Tuesday for impregnating his teenage stepdaughter with a syringe of his own sperm.

John Goff, 41, quoted Bible verses and said he forgave the judge, police, prosecutors and his stepdaughter.

Goff was found guilty Aug. 29 of rape and other charges. He was convicted of breaking the very laws he and his wife had campaigned for after a man accused of molesting his stepdaughter was acquitted. Lawmakers expanded the rape law in 1996 to include penetration with any object. Previously, only sexual intercourse was considered rape.

Goff could have gotten 25 years in prison.

Goff and his wife, Narda, artificially inseminated their daughter, then 16, in 1998. Narda Goff was unable to have children because she had had a hysterectomy.

Narda Goff, 43, was convicted in March and sentenced to three years in prison.

The daughter gave birth to a boy, who is now in foster care.