such as human trafficking and sexual assault are contravened by the laws of Colorado:

Colorado Attorney General John Suthers flew to Saudi Arabia this week to reassure government officials there that Homaidan Al-Turki was treated fairly when he was convicted of sexually abusing an Indonesian nanny held a virtual captive in his Aurora home.

Suthers sat knee-to-knee for an hour with King Abdullah and also met with Crown Prince Sultan, Saudi journalists and relatives of Al-Turki during his weeklong trip to the capital city of Riyadh, Deputy Attorney General Jason Dunn said Friday.

“There was a lot of public attention in Saudi Arabia on this case,” Dunn said, adding that “misperceptions” there about the U.S. judicial system and Colorado in particular convinced U.S. officials that the highly unusual trip was warranted.

In June, Al-Turki was convicted in Arapahoe County of 12 counts of unlawful sexual contact with force, one count of theft of services over $15,000, false imprisonment and conspiracy. He was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

Al-Turki has been portrayed in the Saudi press as a victim of the U.S. judicial system’s bias against Muslims. Many Saudis say Al-Turki would not have been convicted in his own country.

The Saudi government gave Al-Turki $400,000 to post bail on the charges.

During the trial, the 24-year- old victim testified that she was brought to Colorado from Saudi Arabia by the Al-Turki family in 2000 and worked and lived with them in Aurora for four years. She worked seven days a week and was paid $150 a month, but Al-Turki and his wife kept most of that money.

She also testified that Al-Turki took her passport and that he repeatedly sexually abused her.

At his sentencing, Al-Turki said he would not apologize for “things I did not do and for crimes I did not commit.”

“The state has criminalized these basic Muslim behaviors,” he told the judge. “Attacking traditional Muslim behaviors was the focal point of the prosecution.”

Prosecutors said it was a clear case of human trafficking.

In deals with prosecutors, Al- Turki’s wife, Sarah Khonaizan, pleaded guilty to reduced charges in both state and federal court earlier this summer and was to be deported.

The nanny, whose name the Rocky Mountain News is withholding because she is a sexual assault victim, now lives in Aurora.

Well, let’s consider these jackasses from my home town:

Jefferson Calimlim Sr. and his wife Elnora Calimlim, both medical doctors in Milwaukee, Wis., were each sentenced today to four years in prison for forcing a woman to work as their domestic servant and illegally harboring her for 19 years in their Brookfield, Wis. residence. In a related matter, the Calimlims’ son, Jefferson Calimlim Jr., was sentenced today to 120 days of home confinement, three years of supervised release, and a $5,000 fine, for illegally harboring the victim.

On May 26, 2006, Jefferson Calimlim, Sr. and Elnora Calimlim were convicted by a Milwaukee federal jury for using threats of serious harm and physical restraint against a Philippine woman to obtain her services, in violation of federal law. Jefferson Calimlim, Jr. was convicted of harboring an illegal alien.

Jefferson Calimlim Sr. and his wife recruited and brought the victim from the Philippines to the U.S. in 1985 when she was 19 years old. In September 2004, federal law enforcement officers, responding to a tip, removed the victim, then age 38, from the Calimlim’s residence through the execution of a federal search warrant. The victim testified that for 19 years she was hidden in the Calimlim’s home, forbidden from going outside, and told that she would be arrested, imprisoned and deported if she was discovered.

Nothing about sexual assault, though personally I think they ought to be locked up for a lot longer.  Of course, they don’t, apparently, have the excuse of being Muslim.

Human trafficking prosecutions are a top priority of the Department. In the last six fiscal years, the Civil Rights Division, in conjunction with U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, has increased by six-fold the number of human trafficking cases filed in court, quadrupled the number of defendants charged, and tripled the number of defendants convicted. In 2006, the Department obtained a record number of convictions in human trafficking prosecutions.