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Republican lawmakers target a Utah judge for following the laws they wrote.
According to recent news reports, Republican Utah lawmakers—led by House Speaker Mike Schultz—are demanding the resignation or impeachment of Judge Don Torgerson after he declined to send a man to prison who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material.
"The wicked have told me lies; but not so is your law." —Psalm 119 According to recent news reports, Republican Utah lawmakers—led by House Speaker Mike Schultz—are demanding the resignation or impeachment of Judge Don Torgerson after he declined to send a man to prison who pleaded guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material.
The case involved a 22-year-old man who had pleaded guilty to two second-degree felonies. This was a routine case of possession of truly harmful material, readily accessible on the Internet and elsewhere.
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