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Residents urge Utah County to create 'Restorative Justice Commission' to review alleged prosecutorial misconduct
Summary
During public comment, multiple residents and local officials urged the Utah County Commission to consider a citizen-led restorative justice commission to review alleged prosecutorial misconduct, recounting high-profile local cases and calling for greater oversight and remedies for exonerees.
Nine members of the public used the commission's public-comment period to urge action on a citizen-drafted resolution to create a Utah County Restorative Justice Commission to review alleged prosecutorial misconduct and recommend remedies.
Linda Hopkinson opened the series of comments by citing historical exonerations and the harm she said exonerees endure: "In 1989, Gary Dotson was exonerated and released from prison because DNA proved his innocence," she said, arguing that exonerees receive no government assistance and that a county-level commission could provide "a comprehensive, multidisciplinary response to the epidemic of prosecutorial misconduct in Utah County." Hopkinson encouraged commissioners to…
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