At this point, NOT punishing him because so much water under the bridge is tantamount to rewarding him for being a successful fugitive. I predict that the rape charges will be more or less dropped (that is what the victim has asked for, anyway, so a judge would be wise to be sensitive to that) but that the flight and avoiding arrest charges will result a the book being thrown at him.
Remember that Al Capone was sent up for tax evasion....
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