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By Roxana Hegeman
EL DORADO, Kan. (AP) — A judge recommended Wednesday that BTK killer Dennis Rader receive treatment as a sexual offender while he serves the rest of his life in prison for 10 murders.
In a hearing Wednesday at the El Dorado Correctional Facility, District Judge Gregory Waller also recommended restrictions sought by prosecutors on what Rader can receive or do in prison.
For example, Rader would not be able to receive any instruments that he could use to make anything pornographic to satisfy his sexual fantasies.
The judge's recommendations must be approved by the Kansas Department of Corrections.
Rader, a city worker who gave himself the nickname that stood for "Bind, Torture, Kill," was arrested in February. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to multiple life sentences in August for 10 killings between 1974 and 1991. Kansas did not have the death penalty at the time the killings were committed.
Throughout Wednesday's hearing, Rader, who was handcuffed, sat quietly with his legs crossed and showed no obvious emotion.
Rader's attorney, Steve Osburn, said the Corrections Department works on a system of reward and punishment to control inmates, and the recommendations would interfere with that system.
Rader also will be barred from seeing or listening to news reports about the murders and prohibited from making audio or visual recordings, other than for law enforcement purposes.See our full list of information on BTK - Dennis Rader
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