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Adel, Ia. — Former Iowa Hawkeye Pierre Pierce, who avoided a jail sentence
in 2002 after being accused of sexual assault and was given a second chance to
play big-time college basketball, was ordered to prison Friday for assaulting
and terrorizing a former girlfriend in January....
...Hulse rejected a defense appeal for a deferred judgment or suspended
sentence. He noted that Pierce had received no jail time after pleading guilty
in 2002 of assault causing injury in an alleged sexual assault case in Iowa
City.To allow a deferred judgment "would seriously depreciate the seriousness of
these offenses," Hulse said. "The defendant is in need of correctional
assistance, which can most effectively be provided by confinement." Continue
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