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What is it with Sen. Orrin Hatch and drug dealers?
Hatch is currently urging a presidential pardon for rapper John Forte's prison sentence for drug dealing ("Hatch: Convicted dealer a 'genius,' " Tribune, Dec. 3). That reminded me of an earlier intervention Hatch sought. In 2006, he helped spring hit-record producer Dallas Austin after he was arrested and sentenced in Dubai for transporting cocaine.
Write some music, perhaps sing one of Hatch's songs, and you get a get-out-of-jail-free card. Now that is Utah values!
Brian H. Stuy
Lehi
