Utah Sex Offender Finds Perfect Loophole to get Off the Hook:  Convicted Utah sex offender Lonnie Hyrum Johnson, 38, who has been charged with almost two dozen counts of child sex abuse may soon be released from a Utah State Hospital.  Doctors say he no longer poses a danger to society, despite the fact that he's mentally incompetent to stand trial.  Johnson was charged in 2007 with rape, sodomy, and aggravated sexual abuse of a child for alleged acts with his niece and her step-cousin between 2001 and 2006.  In 2006, Johnson was convicted of raping a teenage girl in Washington state and was sent to prison, where he served less than a year.  If convicted of the Utah rapes, Johnson could face life sentences for every count.  Instead, he may be released following a hearing this afternoon.  Several weeks ago, a judge found that Johnson is unlikely to become competent to stand trial and doctors do not believe he would pose a threat to society if released.  District Attorney Craig Johnson sought to have the defendant civilly committed, but doctors say he doesn't meet the necessary legal requirement.  For civil commitment under Utah law, a doctor must find that a person's mental illness makes them a danger to himself or others.  "I am just floored," said Christy Danner, the mother of one victim. "I don't understand how he's competent enough to let go but not competent enough to stand trial. It's not fair to the girls. It's almost like they are victimized again.  He's found the perfect loophole and the scary thing is now he's got it figured out if he ever does something like this again," she said.  AP writer Jennifer Dobner has this story.