Senator Changed Child Rape Law After Relative Accused of Sex With Minor
Just today, we sent out our Weekly Update talking about how sex offense laws aren’t applied the same across the board. How people with money, power, or political connections tend to have a very different experience than the average person. And right on cue, this story out of Utah hits the headlines.
According to a recent Newsweek article, Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams was involved in quietly pushing a change to state law – at the same time his 18-year-old relative was being charged for having sex with a 13-year-old. Thanks to that change, the teen avoided the harsh penalties and lifelong consequences that most others in that situation would have faced—like prison time or having to register as a sex offender.
Now, to be clear: we’re not here to tear down the well-connected. If someone can catch a break and avoid a life-destroying punishment, we’re all for second chances. The problem is, most people don’t get that chance. When stories like this make the news, the public gets the wrong idea and thinks, “Wow, the system goes easy on sex offenders.” And that leads to calls for even tougher laws. But the reality is, most people get the book thrown at them. Especially if they’re poor, marginalized, or have no political pull.
That’s why we talk about these stories—not to hate on those who get a fair shot, but to show how unfair the system really is for everyone else. Justice should be based on facts, not on who you know. And until that happens, we’ll keep speaking up.
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just look at the Epstein scandal if you need to know how the wealthy get treated . Does anyone really believe Bondi “lost the files that were on her desk” that Maxwell is in prison for sex trafficking to “nobody” that Epstein was “suicided” for his connections to noone? The day those Elite predators face justice and get a large dose of that “civil” registry is the day the justice system finally gets fairer for the poor ..
The title is condemning of the senator, and most people know that those who are politically or judicially employed are protected by those in the legal system, so the people do know what is going on here and are not looking at it as being soft on sex crimes, but a double-minded, politico-legal system who will find ways to protect those whom they want to protect, and then oftentimes rake through the coals everyone else.
It has been this way for thousands of years.
A story like this needs to make national headlines so everyone can cry ‘foul’!
Problem is, often when bureaucrats to get personally impacted by these draconian laws they often prevent the consequences the rest of us suffer by covering up the entire situation. Any lawmaker or government official who tries to walk back these laws or their penalties gets labeled as “soft” and drummed out of their position.
Honestly, this makes no sense. A senator does not have the power by himself to change any laws. This would have taken action from the Utah legislature AND the governor. I agree though that the laws should definitely change and they will eventually when/if we as a group prevail in legal challenges or more politicians or their family are implicated/convicted of sex crimes.
But, it is the “Do as I say, not as I do” mentality.
Those with money, power or influence seem to get a break, while the rest of us get thrown under the revolving staircase.
In this country we have the best criminal justice system money can buy.
The laws should be the same for all not for those who can afford a good lawyer or not. This is another reason why Civil War will come to this country very soon. Too much bias, Nepotism and Racism in America.