Man, woman get up to 20 years in incest case

Story here. He is the stepfather, she the natural mother. She seeks to escape jail time by blaming the manipulative husband. Judge will have none of it. Excerpt:

'A married couple who both admitted guilt to parental incest were each sentenced today in Clark County District Court.

Judge James M. Bixler sentenced Frederick Vonseydewitz to eight to 20 years in prison and his wife, Mary Vonseydewitz, was sentenced to four to 20 years. They each had pleaded guilty to charges stemming from allegations of sexually abusing their children, a boy and a girl, when they were minors.

Crying, Mary Vonseydewitz told the judge she was sorry and said her husband had manipulated her. Her attorney asked for probation for her instead of time in prison, But Bixler had little sympathy for her.

"Mary, to be perfectly honest with you, I could easily find justification for holding you more responsible, because, despite the fact that he may be manipulative, he may have led you into this, there's one glaring fact that is impossible to ignore," Bixler said. "He was the stepfather in this situation. You were these children's mother. To say what happened is disgusting and egregious is not even close to how bad this was. ... You crossed the most sacred line ever in what you did to these kids. Let there be no mistake. They may be able to forgive you, but I'm not."'