Lee Davidson of the Deseret News offers a behind-the-scenes glimpse of justice in action. Not necessarily good justice, but Utah justice, nonetheless.

A state judge who rejected a plea bargain in a fraud case as too lenient has warned prosecutors he will scrutinize any new deals to make sure victims are treated fairly. Both sides in the case accuse Attorney General Mark Shurtleff of caving under political pressure.

Pending a new deal, Marc Sessions Jenson, a man with powerful friends, is scheduled for trial on fraud and racketeering charges in connection with schemes that included involving investors in buying a bicycle company that would contract with the LDS Church to supply bikes to missionaries. (Heck, I'd buy a few shares of that.)

Shurtleff admits he has been under "extraordinary pressure" in the case, and has even been offered a bribe. The AG says supporters of Jenson, who has served time in federal prison:

...hired people who are lobbyists who I've worked with or who I've known and am friends with, people who have raised money for me in the past, to try to get me to drop the charges. I've heard from mission presidents. I've heard from family members.

Brent Hatch, the attorney son of Sen. Orrin Hatch, sent Shurtleff "volumes of horrible stuff about our witnesses, our victims," arising out of civil suits brought against Jenson, the AG says.