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Former judge faces up to 15 years in prison after consecutive sentences
A Weber County judge on Monday sentenced former Box Elder County Justice Court Judge Kevin Christensen to three consecutive prison terms, leaving him facing up to 15 years in prison after determining his public office warranted a harsher sentence. Second District Judge Catherine Conklin imposed three consecutive indeterminate prison terms of up to five years for one count of enticing a minor and two counts of dealing in materials harmful to a minor. Under Utah’s indeterminate sentencing system, the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, not the sentencing judge, determines how much of a sentence…
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