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Committee unanimously backs 'delayed death' prosecution exception after victim-family testimony
Summary
Lawmakers advanced first substitute SB 92, a narrow 'delayed death' exception to Utah's double-jeopardy prohibition that would allow homicide charges when a previous prosecution for serious bodily injury is followed by a later death caused by that injury; the bill received unanimous committee support after victim-family testimony and stakeholder vetting.
A Utah House committee unanimously voted to advance first substitute Senate Bill 92, a narrowly tailored change to the state’s prosecution law that would allow prosecutors in limited circumstances to charge a homicide where a prior prosecution for serious bodily injury was earlier concluded and the injured person later died from the injury.
Senator Wilson, sponsor of the measure commonly described in committee as "Desiree's Law," framed the legislation around the 2017 assault on Desiree Turner Buck and her subsequent death in 2025 from complications of her injuries. He said the…
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