What is going on with the Utah judicial system? - cougarguard.com — unofficial BYU Cougars / LDS sports, football, basketball forum and message board

Cali Coug · 12-05-2007, 12:32 AM

Check out these two articles from today's Salt Lake Tribune:

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_7630076?source=rv

http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_7630077?source=rv

Case 1: Man gets 55 YEARS for dealing pot with a concealed firearm (first offense)- the man is black.

Case 2: Man gets 1-15 years for nearly starving a child to death over the course of a year while the child's mother was in Iraq (child went from 35 pounds to 13 under his care while he was admittedly wasted on drugs and alcohol)- man is white.

Race may have nothing to do with the disparity, but you have to at least wonder. 55 years for dealing pot with a gun hardly seems constitutional.

12-05-2007, 12:32 AM	#1
Cali Coug Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 5,996	What is going on with the Utah judicial system? Check out these two articles from today's Salt Lake Tribune: http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_7630076?source=rv http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_7630077?source=rv Case 1: Man gets 55 YEARS for dealing pot with a concealed firearm (first offense)- the man is black. Case 2: Man gets 1-15 years for nearly starving a child to death over the course of a year while the child's mother was in Iraq (child went from 35 pounds to 13 under his care while he was admittedly wasted on drugs and alcohol)- man is white. Race may have nothing to do with the disparity, but you have to at least wonder. 55 years for dealing pot with a gun hardly seems constitutional.