Wednesday, 11 June 2008

Rapist to judge: Sentence too harsh

Public Opinion

Staff report

Franklin County Assistant District Attorney Jeremiah Zook and Public Defender Mike Toms have until the end of the month to submit briefs in an appeal by a convicted rapist who was sentenced last year to 341/2 to 150 years in prison.

Pov Srun, 37, who became known as the duct tape rapist because of he used duct tape to disguise himself during rapes in Pennsylvania and Maryland, was convicted in October of kidnapping and raping two young women in Franklin County almost four years ago.

He was convicted of similar rapes in Maryland last year and sentenced to 35 years in prison. He will be eligible for parole in Maryland in 17 years, but the Maryland judge also ordered his deportation to his native Cambodia when he is released from prison.

In an appeal plea last week, Srun told Franklin County President Judge John R. Walker by video conference from the prison where he is serving his Maryland sentence that he thought the Pennsylvania sentence is too harsh. His appeal contends that Walker's sentence in December surpassed the standard range in Pennsylvania for the charges.

He was convicted by a jury in October of kidnapping, rape, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault, making terroristic threats, robbery of a motor vehicle, theft by unlawful taking and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.

Srun is asking in his appeal for a new trial, but he also asked Walker during the video conference to modify his Pennsylvania sentence and make it run concurrent with his Maryland sentence.

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