Private DNA should stay out of the government’s hands
Utah lawmakers will be presented a simple question in January: should police officers be able to go on fishing expeditions in privately owned or crowd-sourced DNA databases?
Salt Lake County Reduces Drug Penalties for Thousands
Salt Lake County is reducing penalties for thousands of drug conviction cases.
Updated Medical Cannabis Law a Win for Patients
In fact, patients are being helped right now; thousands of Utahns currently have legal protections to use their medical cannabis. Those protections were augmented just this week. And the program is unfolding at the speed we...
Utah Judge Not Following New Medical Cannabis Law
A Utah mother is being targeted by a judge for having THC in her system, despite being legally allowed to.
Transparency Report Shows Force Used in 2018
The reason that a judge issued a forcible entry warrant pertained to drugs 78 percent of the time.
What’s Next For Data Privacy?
With DNA testing services on the rise, it's important to protect that sensitive information from invasive searches.
Is the Warrant System Working Well?
If warrants are being issued in mere seconds, is the justice system working?
The Legislature Talked About….. Sex?
Three different unconstitutional statutes dealing with private sexual conduct were repealed this year by the Utah Legislature.
Improving Government Accountability
Utahns win with the new government accountability bill passed just this year.
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.