Justice and Due Process

House Bill 206 will create a fairer bail system for all Utahns, regardless of wealth.
The Utah legislature unanimously passed house bill 202 to stop local government's from over criminalizing ordinances.
Here's why the Utah Legislature decriminalized polygamy
Do you unlock your phone with your finger or face? Many people do. However, should law enforcement be allowed to compel you to unlock your phone using these features?
Facial recognition is an exciting technology in a commercial or research context, but becomes scarier when in the hands of law enforcement. More problematic is the fact that Utah officials have been using this technology without any law governing its use—only their own internal policies that they alone control.
Utah lawmakers will be presented a simple question in January: should police officers be able to go on fishing expeditions in privately owned or crowd-sourced DNA databases?

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