criminal justice

This bill would automatically increase penalties for a crime merely because the offender had a "belief" or "perception" about the victim.
Your right to privacy has been further eroded thanks to the Supreme Court's recent Strieff decision — but that could change here in Utah, where the case originated.
Expungements are expensive to obtain and may take up to six months to be approved. But without them, former criminals have a difficult time moving on from their past.
A new law makes it easier for low-income Utahns in debt to the state to expunge their past crimes.
A new law stands to benefit over 8,000 Utahns each year, whose driver licenses will no longer be suspended for violating a drug law that has nothing to do with operating a vehicle.

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