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Article: Fear lingers as victims see Jiron sentenced
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- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2003
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PROVO -- Fear.
Over and over again, that word -- with its images of heart-
pounding anxiety and trepidation -- filled a Provo courtroom Tuesday
as the victims spoke about Ralph Jiron, who is accused of trying to
hire a hit man to kill a woman who was going to testify against him
in a sex-abuse case.
In August, Jiron pleaded guilty in 4th District Court to one
second-degree felony count of criminal solicitation of murder plus
five third-degree counts of incest.
In exchange for his guilty pleas, prosecutors reduced the
solicitation charge from a first-degree felony and dropped an
additional count of criminal solicitation.
"He is a person I fear and will always fear," said one female
relative, ...