Utah judges impose vastly different sentences for similar crimes, audit finds
A legislative audit found that judges in northern Utah are three times more likely to sentence defendants to jail or prison than judges in the southeastern part of the state. This is one of three audits ordered for the judicial branch.
Utahns convicted of crimes are three times more likely to sent to jail or prison by judges in northern Utah than they are by judges in southeastern Utah, according to a new audit — one of three lawmakers ordered of the judicial branch, which has been a target of legislative anger.
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