Can government be held accountable for harming you?
If you're harmed by the government, they can play the "immunity" card and avoid any accountability in making you whole.
Prosecutors need to be held accountable for wrongdoing
Prosecutors who possess a tremendous amount of authority should be subjected to accountability for wrongdoing.
Who’s watching the inmate watchers?
Are Utah jails proactively trying to prevent inmate deaths? No one truly knows.
Could you sue the government if its employees hurt you?
Utah law gives police immunity from being sued if they negligently injure a suspect being pursued in a high speed chase—even in cases where they may not have followed the law.
Recording Police Officers Leads to Two Separate Disorderly Conduct Charges
In two recent and separate incidents, individuals recording the actions of police officers were cited for “disorderly conduct” after testy exchanges between the person recording an the officer(s) being recorded. The...
The Importance of Paying Attention
The following op-ed was published in the Deseret News. “No man’s life, liberty, or property are safe while the legislature is in session.” This well-known saying comes from Gideon J. Tucker, a lawyer and legislator who in 1866...