06-15-2012, 01:49 PM
dirty old pervert will be sentenced later today.
SALT LAKE CITY — Steven Powell is set to appear in a Tacoma, Wash. courtroom this afternoon to be sentenced on voyeurism charges.
The mother of Powell's two victims is set to testify on what punishments she feels should be handed down. A jury found Powell guilty on 14 counts of voyeurism last month, and defense attorneys are pushing for a 10 year prison sentence.
But his lawyers are hoping for something much shorter. They are expected to argue for one year behind bars, and they contend a 10-year stint is almost the length of a second-degree murder sentence.
They plan to make their case that Powell's offenses were "unranked" - or less legally severe crimes - when he committed them in 2006.
There has been some speculation that sentence could be reduced, though, if Powell has information about what happened to his daughter-in- law, Susan. However, prosecutor Grant Blinn says that is unlikely.
"We have no plans for reduction in exchange for information. It has not been discussed," he said.
During Powell's trial, there was very little mention of the missing mother of two. A pre-sentence report revealed that Powell had written about her in many journal entries and said that he had hoped to marry her. He wanted her to leave her husband, Josh Powell, and run away with him.
Prosecutors couldn't mention Powell's journalized sexual tension with Susan Powell during the trial, but legal analyst Kent Morgan says they can now.
SALT LAKE CITY — Steven Powell is set to appear in a Tacoma, Wash. courtroom this afternoon to be sentenced on voyeurism charges.
The mother of Powell's two victims is set to testify on what punishments she feels should be handed down. A jury found Powell guilty on 14 counts of voyeurism last month, and defense attorneys are pushing for a 10 year prison sentence.
But his lawyers are hoping for something much shorter. They are expected to argue for one year behind bars, and they contend a 10-year stint is almost the length of a second-degree murder sentence.
They plan to make their case that Powell's offenses were "unranked" - or less legally severe crimes - when he committed them in 2006.
There has been some speculation that sentence could be reduced, though, if Powell has information about what happened to his daughter-in- law, Susan. However, prosecutor Grant Blinn says that is unlikely.
"We have no plans for reduction in exchange for information. It has not been discussed," he said.
During Powell's trial, there was very little mention of the missing mother of two. A pre-sentence report revealed that Powell had written about her in many journal entries and said that he had hoped to marry her. He wanted her to leave her husband, Josh Powell, and run away with him.
Prosecutors couldn't mention Powell's journalized sexual tension with Susan Powell during the trial, but legal analyst Kent Morgan says they can now.