IF YOU WANT TO BE A RAPIST, GO TO UTAH

A convicted sex offender facing nearly two dozen charges of child sex abuse may be soon be set free because doctors says he’s no danger to society even though he’s not mentally competent for trial.

Lonnie Hyrum Johnson was charged in 2007 in Utah with rape, sodomy and aggravated sexual abuse of a child for alleged acts with his niece and her step-cousin between 2001 and 2006.

Each charge is a first-degree felony. If convicted at a trial, the 38-year-old Johnson would face life sentences for every count. Instead, it appears he will be freed sometime soon after a hearing Thursday afternoon.

Deemed incompetent for trial by a judge in 2008, Johnson has been institutionalized at Utah State Hospital in Provo, about 45 miles north of Salt Lake City, where doctors have been working to restore his mental capacity.

But several weeks ago, the judge found that he likely would not be made competent to face the charges, and doctors believe he wouldn’t be a danger to society if freed.

"That magic language effectively kills our criminal case," said Deputy Utah County Attorney Craig Johnson.

Johnson sought to have the defendant civilly committed, but doctors say he doesn’t meet the necessary legal standard.

Under Utah law, a defendant is incompetent to stand trial if he suffers from mental illness, cannot understand the charges against him or is unable to participate in his own defense. For a civil commitment, a doctor must find that a person’s mental illness makes them a danger to himself or others. Johnson, who suffers from a cognitive disorder, falls into a gap somewhere in between.

Wow, that's some damn fine lawyerin'.
What amazes me is how fast this guy got all cured of his pedophile proclivities; I mean here this perv is so mentally messed up that a judge in good standing in the state of Utah declared this rapist/child molester incompetent to stand trial. In just two years the good mind altering doctors who were charged with the well being of this poor incompetent fellow have made him completely safe to be around your children.

Hmmm, let see, I have an idea that may be helpful to the good people of Utah.

Your Honor and Doctor, since you are so sure that Hyrum is too sick to go to trial for raping little girls and he is so mentally stable that he is no harm to society, lets have the you guys take turns and bring Uncle Hyrum into your homes and have him baby sit your children, or grandchildren.

I mean this is a win win ! You guys get some free babysitting and Uncle Hyrum will be off the streets, how can you go wrong?

Everyone knows that the recidivism rate for pedophilia and rapist is almost non-existent and we know that some of you judges and mental health professionals do everything you can to let the dregs of society loose and you guys are not hypocrites, right? So I know that you guys will jump at the chance to show the rest of us how sure you are of your decisions in this matter.

Now I don’t want you to worry about the fact that Uncle Hyrum was convicted in 2006 of raping a teenager and only served a year for that crime. The judges and doctors in that case probably were not near as smart as you guys.

Uhhhh, why are you guys looking down at the floor stuttering and stammering?

You are sure Uncle Hyrum is harmless now, right?

I mean you wouldn’t turn some animal loose on OUR children would you?

You were so reassuring when you spoke on this from the bench and the doctors office,  but now all I hear is mumbling from you guys when the people of Utah ask you to put your money where your mouth is and take Uncle Hyrum into YOUR HOMES!

Oh I see, it’s ok for Uncle Hyrum to be around our children, but you would rather have Maryfucking Poppins take care of your special ones.

I guess when you cannot be sued for malpractice you can give the benefit of the doubt to rapist, murderers and child molesters and just flip a coin or enny meany miny moe and take a chance with someone else’s child.

I know I have been all sunshine and roses for the last week because it’s hard to be a big meanie when your little girl gets married, but that was last week.

This week it’s back to the dark side.

That is if I can quit looking at wedding pictures and videos.