A woman who spent more than half her life held hostage and raped in a backyard will will be spared the pain of facing her attackers, as will her two daughters.
Phillip Garrido, a convicted sex offender who fathered the two children of Jaycee Dugard, entered the plea Thursday under a surprise deal with prosecutors that calls for a sentence of more than 430 years to life.
His wife, Nancy Garrido, also pleaded guilty in a deal that calls for 36 years to life.
They were arrested on charges of kidnapping and raping Dugard when she was 11 and holding her captive for nearly two decades.
She received a $20m settlement under which the state acknowledged repeated mistakes were made by parole agents responsible for monitoring Phillip Garrido.
