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SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has said his state treats bigamy laws similar to fornication or adultery laws that remain on the state's books.
Shurtleff said he no longer prosecutes people suspected of breaking the state's bigamy law, which makes the practice a felony, and regularly is the host for meetings between leaders of the polygamist community and law enforcement officers, The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
"The thinking is this: This is a big group of people. They are not going away. You can't incarcerate them all. You can't drive them out of the state. So they are here," Shurtleff said. "What do we do about it?"
However, Shurtleff said he does give focus to causes involving underage spouses and other crimes related to bigamy.
"The things I am going after are crimes against children, rape and other types of abuse where there is a clear victim," he said.
Utah's legislature, under advisement from Shurtleff, passed a child bigamy law in 2003 that made the practice a second-degree felony punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
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