How Inmates Are Earning Their Law Degrees While Incarcerated
This law school is being granted the ability to admit two incarcerated students each academic year.
Utah’s prison population is declining—and that’s a good thing
A new report by the Utah Commission on Criminal Juvenile Justice highlights the much-discussed Justice Reinvestment Initiative passed last year by the legislature—a package of criminal justice reform policies aimed to address the...
Freed after 13 years of his 55-year sentence for selling marijuana, Weldon Angelos speaks out
Editor’s note: The following is a lightly edited interview with Weldon Angelos, who was recently released from prison after 13 years of a 55-year sentence for selling marijuana while in possession of a firearm. The views...
HB 405: A Potential Second Chance for Juvenile Offenders
This bill passed the House 64-3 and passed the Senate unanimously. Libertas Institute supports this bill. Adult brains function differently than those of children; the latter group processes information through a portion of the...
SB107: Adding a Penalty for the “Hate” in Crimes
This bill failed in the Senate, 11-17. Libertas Institute opposes this bill. Senate Bill 107, sponsored by Senator Stephen Urquhart, would create a “penalty enhancement” for any crime that involves “hate.”...
Death penalty is unfair, costly and an ineffective deterrent
The following op-ed by our policy analyst, Josh Daniels, was published today in the Salt Lake Tribune. Earlier this year, the state of Utah was widely mocked for considering the re-authorization of firing squads as a form of...