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Polygamy czar

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Mormonism and polygamy
Portrait of five caucasian Latter-day Saints, married to each other in nineteenth-century Latter-day Saint polygamy, against the backdrop of what may be a hedge. All seem to be posing; none face the camera. Leftmost is a woman, seated, her hair done in a high, braided bun, wearing a dress with buttons down the middle; in her hands are an open book. Center-left, standing furthest to the back (though still very much with the portraited group) is a woman, her hair done up but resting low, in a polka-dotted top and a scarf or ascot around her neck and a skirt. She carries a hat, held to her waist. Center is a woman, sort of kneeling or seated (perhaps there is an unseen stool she's sitting on?). She wears a white dress, her hair is done up in a high and large bun and she wears a headband. In her right arm she holds a hat, over her knees; her left arm rests on the lap of the man sitting center right. She may be leaning against his legs. Center-right is a man, wearing a suit jacket of some kind and a high-collared shirt. He is balded and bearded. His left hand is placed over the left arm of the center woman. Rightmost is a woman, her hair done up but resting low, sitting in a visibly wooden (likely handcrafted) chair. She wears a dress with buttons going down the middle. She holds a hat, which looks very like center's hat, over her knees.
A Mormon "Saint" and Wives by Charles Weitfle (c. 1878–1885)
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TheInvestigator of Crimes within Closed Societies for theUtah Attorney General's Office, informally known as thePolygamy czar, is a plausibly defunct[citation needed] position responsible for investigating crimes associated withFundamentalist Mormon communities that practiceplural marriage, includingtax evasion,welfare fraud,child abuse,sex abuse anddomestic violence. Established by theUtah State Legislature in 2000, the office has contributed to the prosecutions of polygamists Rodney Holm andTom Green onchild rape andbigamy charges.[1][2]

As of July 2025, the office has not been filled since Jim Hill's resignation. Officials of the Attorney General's office reiterated a policy of not "pursu[ing] cases of bigamy between consenting adults" as early as 2009.[3] In 2017, Parker Douglas, the Utah federal solicitor and assistant counsel to the Attorney General, expressed that the Attorney General was diverting no special resources to pursuing crimes committed by polygamists.[4]

Officeholders

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  • Ron Barton (2000–2004)[2]
  • Jim Hill (2004–2006)[5]

In fiction

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A fictionalized polygamy czar was introduced in theHBO seriesBig Love in theS1E5 episode "Affair."

References

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  1. ^O'Driscoll, Patrick (June 19, 2001)."Polygamist goes on trial in Utah".USA Today.Archived from the original on 2014-10-22.
  2. ^ab"Ron Barton Goes From Polygamy Czar to Tree Czar". 2004.
  3. ^Dobner, Jennifer (2010-09-29),'Sister Wives' family investigated for bigamy, NBCUniversal Media LLC,archived from the original on 2017-02-11
  4. ^Carlisle, Nate (2017-04-06),Prosecutors say ‘aggravated bigamy’ law unlikely to spur polygamy investigations in Utah, The Salt Lake Tribune{{citation}}:Check|archive-url= value (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^Winslow, Ben (November 2, 2006)."'Polygamy czar' quits to take crime lab helm".Deseret News. Archived fromthe original on 2014-10-22.
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