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Utah Still Faces Challenges Mitigating Police Use of Force

Police need to receive better training to decrease their use of lethal force. Training that does not emphasize discharging a firearm is necessary if police officers intend to keep their promises of maintaining peace and order in the communities they serve. To keep citizens safe, police cannot be a source of violence and death within communities.

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Justice and Due Process

So You Say There Ought to Be a Law

Every law, no matter how just or how much you agree with it, carries a possible death sentence for violating it.

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Justice and Due Process

New Effort to “Repeal and Replace” the Death Penalty in Utah

This new approach aims to solve a critical problem for victim family members.

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Justice and Due Process

Facial Recognition Is Terrifying, Even (Especially) When It Works

The only thing worse than an arbitrary, incompetent government violating its citizens’ liberties is an arbitrary, competent one.

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Justice and Due Process

The Police Should Not Be Able to Lie to Children

If our justice system should err, let it be on the side of presuming innocence. By abolishing the use of deception towards minors, the vulnerable are protected and the innocent kept free.

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Justice and Due Process

Utah’s K-9 Units Must Get More Training, But It Won’t Completely Solve the Problem

Even with the recent changes in legislation, the use of K-9 units in the future is still controversial, and more work needs to be done.

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