HB 293: Undermining Plea in Abeyance
Plea in abeyances would be treated as convictions under HB 293 for the purpose of imposing harsher sentences for future crimes.
SB 43: First-Degree Felony for Distributing Deathly Drugs
This bill makes several changes to criminal law, including making it a first degree felony to cause the death of another person as a result of distributed drugs.
HB 40: Reducing and Repealing Some Criminal Penalties
This bill decriminalizes sodomy and adultery and modifies penalties related to a number of crimes.
HB 170: Criminalizing the Failure to Call 911
This bill criminalizes the failure to call 911 during a crime or emergency in which somebody is suffering serious bodily injury.
What’s Happening with Plea Deals?
The following op-ed was published by the Salt Lake Tribune this week. “We the jury find the defendant guilty!” It’s a line you may have heard before as a dramatic case closing in a TV show or movie — but you probably haven’t...
HB 125: Criminal Punishment for Not Calling 911
This bill criminalizes the failure to call 911 during a crime or emergency in which somebody is suffering serious bodily injury.