Utah parole board gives polygamist sex criminal free passSome sex offenders have all the luck.
This week Utah's parole board decided to let a convicted sex criminal out without continued supervision, reports Associated Press.
This means that David Ortell Kingston, convicted of felony incest with a minor, will have no one to report to and leaves prison a free man without strings attached.
Why would Utah officials trust this felon and former predator?
Well, Kingston is an important man. He does the books for a polygamist clan that controls a reported multi-state business empire worth $150 million. And besides he promised not to do it again.
Officials said Kingston was a "model prisoner," but of course there are no minor girls to prey upon in prison.
The conduct of polygamist groups regarding child abuse of minor girls is a long-running scandal.
There are an estimated 50,000 polygamists living under the absolute rule of several family clans in the United States, Canada and Mexico, most notably in Utah and Arizona.
Mormons in Utah at times seem ambivalent about polygamy. This may be because many are themselves the descendents of polygamists. Both the religion's founder Joseph Smith and its famous pioneer leader Brigham Young had many wives.
But the practice of polygamy was abandoned by the Mormon Church officially in 1890, though this occurred only after some pressure was exerted by the federal government.
Once again it seems continued public scrutiny and pressure is needed if Utah and Arizona authorities are to remain vigilant regarding the plight and protection of polygamist children.
[Posted by Rick Ross at 12:33 PM][Link]
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