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What to expect: Vanderbilt rape case sentencing Friday

Brandon Vandenburg, right, a former Vanderbilt football player, listens during his rape trial Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. A jury earlier convicted Vandenburg after a trial that featured graphic cellphone videos and photos of the attack taken by the former players. However, the verdict was thrown out after it was discovered that the jury foreman had been a victim of statutory rape. (Larry McCormack, The Tennessean via AP) Brandon Vandenburg, right, a former Vanderbilt football player, listens during his rape trial Saturday, June 18, 2016, in Nashville, Tenn. A jury earlier convicted Vandenburg after a trial that featured graphic cellphone videos and photos of the attack taken by the former players. However, the verdict was thrown out after it was discovered that the jury foreman had been a victim of statutory rape. (Larry McCormack, The Tennessean via AP)

By The Tennessean November 3, 2016 1 min read

Prosecutors are poised to argue that former football standout Brandon Vandenburg was a leader in the 2013 gang rape at Vanderbilt University and deserves more time in prison than the minimum term.

Vandenburg, 23, will return to a courtroom Friday to be sentenced in the case that brought to Nashville a national spotlight on how universities respond to sexual assault. He has been in jail and added to Tennessee’s sex offender registry since a jury convicted him in June.

Because of the verdicts against him, Vandenburg faces 15 to 25 years in prison, which is set in Tennessee law. Court documents indicate prosecutors will argue for a term toward the top of that window, and legal analysts say there is evidence they might be successful.

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