Stuarts Draft Pastor to be Sentenced in Kidnapping Case

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BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A federal judge is expected to sentence a Mennonite pastor from Stuarts Draft who helped a woman flee the country rather than share custody of her daughter with her former lesbian partner.

Kenneth Miller, 47, is due in court Monday in Burlington, Vermont.

Prosecutors want him to spend up to three years in prison. That's the maximum sentence for Miller's conviction of aiding in international parental kidnapping.

They say he's shown no remorse and enjoys the fame from the case.

Miller's attorneys are asking for no prison time.

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