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Utah County delays vote on Prosecutorial Review Board after extensive public comment
Summary
After hours of discussion and more than a dozen public commenters — including prosecutors, law enforcement leaders, victims and civil-rights advocates — the Utah County Commission voted to table a proposed Prosecutorial Review Board without a return date to allow further drafting and stakeholder consultation.
The Utah County Commission on Thursday tabled, without a date, a proposed resolution to create a county-appointed Prosecutorial Review Board after an extended public hearing that divided prosecutors, law-enforcement leaders, victims and civil-rights advocates.
County Attorney Jeff Beeman urged caution and offered an alternative he said would remain within the county attorney's authority: a conviction-integrity or advisory unit housed in his office. "I believe it is unconstitutional that we have a system set up with publicly elected prosecutors that answer to the electorate and to the courts, but not to the county commission," Beeman said, arguing that a…
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