OGDEN (AP) -- Serial rapist Jason Brett Higgins won't go before the Utah Board of Pardons until March 2012.
Normally convicts serving terms for first-degree felonies have their original hearing after three years in prison. Parole board spokesman John Green said that most sex offenders are ordered to undergo psychiatric examination before a parole date could be considered.Higgins, 25, was sentenced on Feb. 2 to six 15-years-to-life prison terms stemming from nine rapes involving eight victims between October 1996 and February 1997.
Second District Judge Parley Baldwin also recommended to the state Board of Pardons that two of the sentences be served consecutively, in effect a 30-years-to-life term.
Higgins admitted to the rapes last December.
The mother of one of Higgins' victims said she and her daughter, who was 16 when Higgins raped her, will attend the 2012 parole hearing.
"We plan on it, you bet," she said. "We're going to make sure he never gets out if we have to attend every hearing through the next century.
She said Higgins will have had plenty of time to think about his victims, including his own family members and friends.
"He's where he belongs for the rest of his life," she said, but added that she and her family are working on forgiving Higgins.
She said her daughter, while still in counseling, is moving on and going to go to college.
"She's doing very well. She didn't let this ruin her life," the mother said. "It helps her a lot to know he won't be getting out anytime soon."
Another of Higgins' victims has dropped out of school and refused to continue her counseling, according to court records. She was also the victim of a second rape by another individual, according to court documents.