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Utah prosecutors, public defenders denounce bad faith repeal of bail reform

Utah prosecutors, public defenders denounce ‘bad faith repeal’ of bail reform Taylor Stevens © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Davis County Attorney Troy Rawlings, speaks out against the proposed repeal of bail reform, along with other top prosecutors and public defenders, during a news conference at Salt Lake County District Attorney s building on Monday, March 1, 2021. As the clock ticks down the final hours of the Utah legislative session, a group of state prosecutors and public defenders came together Monday to call on lawmakers not to repeal a broadly supported bail reform package enacted last year. Proponents of the reforms which aim to keep relatively low-risk defendants from sitting behind bars for weeks or months awaiting trial because they’re poor, while rich people can simply post bail and walk free say the system now in place under HB206 is significantly better than the old one, which was based on cash bail.

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A push is on in the Utah Legislature to repeal bail reforms aimed at ending the state s pay-to-get-out-of-jail system

| Updated: 9:01 p.m. Last legislative session, Rep. Stephanie Pitcher wrangled together groups from across the criminal justice system to solve what she sees as a longstanding flaw in the way Utah treats defendants before trial, when their guilt or innocence hasn’t yet been established in court. Her problem was this: Why should relatively low-risk defendants sit behind bars for weeks or months awaiting trial because they’re poor, while rich people can simply post bail and walk free? It’s a question that has prompted a bail reform movement across the nation in recent years, but also one that has bedeviled states given the high stakes involved, with some debates pitting public safety versus personal liberty. So it astonished some last year when Pitcher, a Salt Lake City Democrat whose full-time job is as a prosecutor, managed to assemble a broadly supported reform package and to win approval from the Republican-dominated Legislature.

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Police: Officer, suspect injured in Provo shooting

Police: Officer, suspect injured in Provo shooting Feb. 26, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PROVO, Utah (AP) The Provo Police Department has said a police officer and a suspect were both shot during a gunfire exchange in an apartment complex on Thursday. Police Chief Rich Ferguson reported that Officer John Oseguera, who has been with the department for two years, was shot twice and also suffered injuries to his head caused by shrapnel, the Deseret News reported. Ferguson said he was still able to walk out of the building on his own. Oseguera was listed in stable condition at a hospital late Thursday. “I’m angry. I’m proud, and I’m concerned. Those are my emotions right now,” Ferguson said during a news conference. “His wife is in shock, but she’s handling it well. We have a team that’s with her. . The officer actually called her on the way to the hospital and told her he loved her.”

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Shot Provo police officer called his wife on way to the hospital

Shot Provo police officer called his wife on way to the hospital
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FOX 13 News 360: Should Utah restrict the public release of mugshots?

FOX 13 News 360: Should Utah restrict the public release of mugshots?
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