Maybe clean living is catching on in Utah. The percentage of Utahns behind bars, on probation or on parole is less than half the national average — and fourth lowest in the nation.
We've discovered through this case Utah has quite a revolving door prison system and a life sentence means about 9 months. Salt Lake doesn't have a large prison population because they're all living in a trailer park in Kearns.
Spose the judges and parole board are naive or cost-conscious? Frugality is a virtue in Utah.