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Utah judges impose vastly different sentences for similar crimes, audit finds

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In northern Utah, defendants are three times as likely to be locked up than those in southeastern Utah. From 2017 to 2025, a defendant sentenced in the 7th District — covering Carbon, Emery, Grand and San Juan Counties — was sent to prison or jail 24% of the time for a third-degree felony, auditors found.

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