but this is horrible for the victim and her family to read every day....
I also don't understand why just plain statutory rape charges weren't filed....
what a crazy world we live in...
I think because this is now a federal trial, those were the charges filed. I think the state of Utah courts could not deal with Mitchell legally. They didn’t have enough latitude to remove him from the court. The initial state charges were rape, kidnapping, actually 300 counts of rape, etc. Personally, I think duct tape would have handled the situation just fine. Put a piece of duct tape over his mouth for the trial and let him sit there.