Josh Nemeth

Josh Nemeth

Criminal Justice Policy Analyst

josh@libertas.institute

Josh Nemeth is the Criminal Justice Policy Analyst at Libertas Institute. Before joining Libertas, he spent a decade in criminal prosecution between Utah and Montana, most recently as a Special Victims Unit prosecutor for Cache County. He also works as a criminal defense attorney, giving him experience on both sides of Utah's criminal justice system. That background informs his commitment to criminal justice reform grounded in limited government and individual liberty, with practical solutions that protect public safety. Josh holds a J.D. from BYU's J. Reuben Clark Law School and degrees in business. A father of four, he lives in rural Cache County with his wife and children.

Josh Nemeth's Articles

Utah appropriated more than $675 million for behavioral health services in fiscal 2027 without that measurement. 
Clancy’s jurors are applying a Massachusetts rule that asks whether she could appreciate the wrongfulness of her conduct. Utah abandoned that question in 1983
Dangerous people have to be held accountable. But is a cell the only instrument? There is an older American answer that owes nothing to Marx.
Utah pays $78,585 per prisoner yearly. There's free option with proven results, but no way there for someone serving a prison sentence.
The Supreme Court ruled unanimously that the government cannot strip Second Amendment rights based only on drug use.
Utah’s highest court is about to look very different, and Governor Spencer Cox gets to reshape it.