2025 Bills
SB 157: Nonjudicial Adjustments Amendments
This bill ensures that minors are properly informed of their right to legal counsel during juvenile proceedings, including nonjudicial adjustments, and mandates the provision of legal advice when a minor considers waiving...
Justice and Due Process
Choice in Indigent Defense
Joaquin Ciria spent thirty-two years imprisoned for a murder he didn’t commit. And while there is plenty of blame to go around since police pressured an accomplice to implicate Ciria and prosecutors offered an accomplice immunity...
Blog
Bolstering Utah’s Public Defenders
Besides over-criminalization and a massive increase in the number of people who enter the criminal justice system, funding for public defenders has been a major problem.