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PA - Rapist, 13, needs help, lawyer says

View the article here 02/14/2009 By MATT MILLER - Of Our Cumberland County Bureau The lawyer for a 13-year-old Mount Holly Springs boy convicted Friday of raping a 3-year-old girl he was baby-sitting said his client needs treatment, not punishment. "We have two victims here, and it's so sad," defense attorney Ron Turo said following the verdict in Cumberland County Court. Judge Kevin A. Hess must decide what sentence to impose on the boy, whom he convicted as a juvenile on felony counts of rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child and aggravated indecent assault. The most severe sentence he could impose would be to rule the boy delinquent, label him a sex offender and commit him to a juvenile detention facility until he turns 21...continue to full post

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