Written by Goel (Investigations in Ritual Abuse)
Utah, like the rest of the country, is far too lenient with respect to sexual crimes against children. Under the current laws, a court may extend leniency to a first time child rapist, or a child rapist who was under 21 years of age at the time of the offense. That leniency would extend to imposing a sentence of six years to life for raping a child. Worse still, the court may suspend the sentence and consider probation to a residential sexual abuse treatment center for a defendant who is convicted of rape of a child, object rape of a child, sodomy on a child, or any attempt to commit those felonies, or aggravated sexual abuse of a child.
That’s abominable.
First, for rape of a child, the UNFUCC Utah Act would eliminate reduced sentences of six years to life, ten years to life, and 15 years to life for those convicted of raping a child. Instead, the minimum sentence would be 25 years to life. A defendant who caused any bodily injury to their victim in the course of raping a child would face a sentence of life without parole, and if the defendant had a prior conviction for a grievous sexual offense or caused serious bodily injury to their victim, the death penalty would be imposed.
The UNFUCC Utah Act would also reform Object Rape of a Child by lowering the standard for bodily injury to any bodily injury, which would trigger a sentence of life without parole. It would eliminate the reduced sentencing options as well, so that the minimum sentence would be 25 years to life. The act would also eliminate reduced sentences for Sodomy on a Child, Sexual Abuse of a Child, Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Child, and eliminate the court’s discretion to suspend sentences and impose probation to a residential sexual abuse treatment center for sex crimes against children. It would impose lifetime supervision upon anyone convicted of the aforementioned crimes after their release, with conditions including monitoring of location and Internet and telecommunications activity.
The act would eliminate the priest-penitent privilege and require clergy to report confessions of sexual abuse against children to law enforcement. It would impose civil liability on any religious institution that instructed its clergy or employees to ignore the reporting requirement. For those convicted of rape of a child, object rape of a child, sodomy on a child, or any attempt to commit those crimes, as well aggravated sexual abuse of a child, the act would limit appeals to the Utah Supreme Court after a guilty verdict while eliminating all appeals for those defendants who plead guilty as part of a plea bargain.
After the resolution of an initial appeal, subsequent appeals would not be entertained by the Utah Supreme Court unless they raised new matters that the defendant could not have raised upon the prior appeal. In short, the UNFUCC Utah Act is designed to put child sexual abusers in prison and keep them there for at least 25 years. It’s designed to provide the death penalty for those offenders who have prior convictions for sexual abuse of a child, or those offenders who cause serious bodily injury during their sexual abuse of a child.
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