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Smart Justice in the News
Please find links to relevant media coverage below:
Prosecutorial Oversight
Combating Racial Disparities
Reducing Mass Incarceration by 50%
Legislative and Policy Work
2018 County Prosecutor Elections
- Utah County Attorney speaks against proposed prosecutorial review board - Daily Herald - 2/20/18
- Salt Lake County will create a group to review inmates’ claims of wrongful conviction no matter who wins district attorney race - Salt Lake Tribune - 6/11/18
- Barron: The Promise of Exoneration is not Enough - The Daily Utah Chronicle - 8/26/18
- Guest Opinion: Utahns want post-election prosecutor accountability - Deseret News - 12/18/19
Combating Racial Disparities
- Utah minority offenders now even more likely to get prison sentences - Standard-Examiner - 2/15/18
- Criminal Justice Reform in Utah: from Prosecution to Parole - Utah Bar Journal - vol. 32 no. 1 Jan/Feb 2019
- Who or What is to blame for the racial disparity in Utah's prison population? - Salt Lake Tribune - 5/13/19
- Utah officials wants to let minority defendants raise issues of race and bias at their sentencing - Salt Lake Tribune - 9/6/19
Reducing Mass Incarceration by 50%
- Report: After 2015 Reforms, Utah Could Reduce Prison Population Even Further - Public News Service - 9/12/18
- Group proposes changes to cut Utah prison population in half, save $250 million - Standard-Examiner - 9/23/18
- Here's what Utah should do to cut incarceration in half and save $250 million, study says - KSL - 10/17/18
- Guest Opinion: This bill paves a way for a successful path out of the criminal justice system - Deseret News - 4/13/19
Legislative and Policy Work
- Proposed Utah legislation would criminalize the use of fake urine and other methods for duping a drug test - Salt Lake Tribune - 12/28/18
- Utah's state constitution bans slavery-mostly. And Rep. Sandra Hollins says mostly isn't good enough - Salt Lake Tribune- 1/5/19
- Commentary: Real marijuana reform must focus on criminal justice reform - Salt Lake Tribune - 4/7/19
- A Utah police department is thinking about getting rid of its body cameras. Residents-including the families of people shot by officers-are rallying against the idea. - Salt Lake Tribune - 4/10/19
- Jason M. Groth: The solution to criminal justice flaws is in the data - Salt Lake Tribune - 8/17/19
2018 County Prosecutor Elections
- ACLU hopes to educate Utah voters about the powerful role of a prosecutor ahead of the 2018 election - Salt Lake Tribune - 4/3/18
- ACLU of Utah to Release County Questionnaire for Prosecutor Candidates - Uintah Standard Basin/Vernal Express - 4/17/18
- Op-ed: County Attorneys are powerful people-choose wisely this election year - Deseret News - 5/6/18
- ABU Education Fund announces 2018 primary debates - UtahPolicy.com - 5/17/18
- Radio interview on KRCL's RadioActive about prosecutor candidate questionnaire - 5/30/18
- Better Utah Broadcast livestream interview about prosecutor elections and Wasatch County Republic Primary Debate - 6/6/18
- Republican Primary Debate: Wasatch County Attorney - KBYU 11 - 6/8/2018
- Salt Lake County district attorney candidates spar over police brutality, medical marijuana initiative - Salt Lake Tribune - 10/3/18