Utah's GOP Senate president prompted law change that helped a relative charged with child rape.

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Utah’s Senate president prompted law change that helped a teen charged with child rape

An 18-year-old high schooler was facing potential prison time and having to register as a sex offender until help came from a powerful ally — Senate President J. Stuart Adams.

www.sltrib.com

Last year, an 18-year-old Utahn was staring at the potential of years in prison, accused of having sex with a 13-year-old.

Plea bargain negotiations were at an impasse. Then the Utah Legislature — based on an initial suggestion from Senate President J. Stuart Adams — changed the law.

Two months later, prosecutors offered the 18-year-old, who is related to Adams, a plea deal. The teen would plead guilty to reduced charges, face no additional jail time beyond a week already served, and would not have to register as a sex offender.

The new law was not made retroactive, and the teenager was not charged with the new lower-level crime it created. But in court hearings, the judge, the prosecutor and defense attorney Cara Tangaro — who helped draft the bill language that was adopted by the Legislature — all acknowledged it was pivotal to resolving the charges against the 18-year-old.

“You saw the legislative change,” Tangaro told Judge Rita Cornish at sentencing. “We all agree that’s not retroactive, but the government did change their offer based on that.”

In a statement to The Salt Lake Tribune, Adams said the case stemmed from “a serious mistake,” but he was “surprised by the severity of the charges” that were initially filed. The original charges were two counts of child rape and two counts of child sodomy, all first-degree felonies, carrying the possibility of 25 years to life in prison and a requirement to register as a sex offender.

The Layton Republican emphasized that the new law was not retroactive and said he did not intend for it to impact the case; his intent was to help future students.

“Some have suggested this change was made to benefit the case I was made aware of involving the high school senior. That is simply not true,” he said. “While the sponsor of [the bill] was aware of the case, I did not request the legislation and did not intervene or give input on the drafting of the bill.”

The mother of the junior high school victim said in an interview with The Tribune that she was shocked to learn about the change to the law. “It was out of nowhere,” she said. “I felt like I was punched in the gut.”

She believes her child was an afterthought in both the legislative debate and the handling of the criminal case.

“I feel like a law is the law, regardless of who you are, but that wasn’t what was going on here,” she said. “I feel like [the 18-year-old] just got special treatment …and nobody was going to say anything about it.”

 

[Devilinurear]

Disgusting

This should be bigger news.

 

[KFBF]

Throw this shyt in a commercial and tie in trump.

 

[dza]

Grand Ole Projectionists

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

cacs will never change their stripes

 

[Lord Beasley]

It's okay he's a changed man

shyt bout to get buried or juelzd away

 

[Hoshi_Toshi]

Man… I think we are going to have to come to terms with the fact that pedophiles and their apologists/protectors are way more common than we think. shyt is really coming to light and no one in positions of power seems to be shocked

 

[Kenny West]

Lmao @ this pic. It's like the cac version of

These nikkas really winning smmfh. What the hell is this country

 

[Absolut]

Man… I think we are going to have to come to terms with the fact that pedophiles and their apologists/protectors are way more common than we think. shyt is really coming to light and no one in positions of power seems to be shocked

Every one of em needs to be castrated

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Man… I think we are going to have to come to terms with the fact that pedophiles and their apologists/protectors are way more common than we think. shyt is really coming to light and no one in positions of power seems to be shocked

That whole party is full of them


Saw some shyt online that basically listed every single republican party member that has been accused or sentenced for sexual related crimes… and that list was long af

 

[ORDER_66]

I'm not surprised... Priests Politicians and lawmakers protect these pedos...

 

[Samori Toure]

I'm not surprised... Priests Politicians and lawmakers protect these pedos...

They are those pedos.

 

[ORDER_66]

They are those pedos.

exactly...

 

[MJ Truth]

Man… I think we are going to have to come to terms with the fact that pedophiles and their apologists/protectors are way more common than we think. shyt is really coming to light and no one in positions of power seems to be shocked

Of course theyre not. One of the main reasons people want power in the first place is so that they can take advantage of lifted people without consequence.

 

[3rdWorld]

Man… I think we are going to have to come to terms with the fact that pedophiles and their apologists/protectors are way more common than we think. shyt is really coming to light and no one in positions of power seems to be shocked

No white woman I was ever close with didn't reveal unwanted advances from uncles and such as a child..