Atlanta child pimps sentenced under federal law

ATLANTA - Two men charged with prostituting children were sentenced in federal court Friday. One received 30 years in prison, the other got 40. <br> <br> Fifty-seven-year-old Charles Floyd Pipkins, also known as ``Sir Charles,&#39;&#39; stood with his hands clasped behind his back and stared straight ahead as U.S. District Judge J. Owen Forrester sentenced him to 30 years. <br> <br> Thirty-eight-year-old Andrew ``Batman&#39;&#39; Moore Junior was sentenced to 40 years. <br> <br> Each had previously been offered ten-year sentences in exchange for a guilty plea, but they refused. <br> <br> Pipkins and Moore were among 15 people to be prosecuted under the federal Racketeering and Corrupt Organizations act, the first time the law has been used in a child prostitution case. <br> <br> Prosecutors said the two were leaders of a violent prostitution ring, involving children as young as ten, that had operated in Atlanta for several years. <br> <br> The other 13 defendants pleaded guilty. Twelve received sentenced ranging from three years to six and one-half years. One man was still to be sentenced.