Attorney Gets 90 Days For Sex Abuse Of 14 Year Old

WTF.... After all we have seen, all the "talk" of tougher laws -- and then this......

A Utah attorney who enticed and then had sex with a 14-year-old boy nearly two years ago when he knew he was HIV positive was sentenced Wednesday to probation and 90 days in jail.

Howard P. Johnson, 51, was charged with two counts of first-degree forcible sodomy and one count of a second-degree felony of enticing a minor over the Internet. He pleaded guilty to lesser charges of a third-degree felony of unlawful sexual activity with a minor and a class A misdemeanor of enticing a minor over the Internet in exchange for the dismissal of a first-degree felony sodomy charge.

Defense attorney John Caine said that 3rd District Judge Timothy Hanson didn't see Johnson as a predator.


"Mr. Johnson was not out trying to find someone," Caine said. "This young man was equally patrolling the Internet."

Johnson was also sentenced to 36 months probation and 100 hours of community service. "It's going to be a difficult sentence for him," Amann said. "He's in jail for 90 days, he's probably going to be disbarred, he'll have to register as a sex offender and he'll have to go through treatment."

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"This young man was equally patrolling the Internet." <----- You've got to be kidding me!!!!