Utah Justice Courts (DUI)
Utah Justice Courts
I found this article in the Ogden Standard Examiner. The opinion of the writer is one that I have heard many times. I see what the writer is talking about quite often in reference to "overly aggressive" prosecutions. We don’t seem to care what happens to people incarcerated, at least, until one of our loved ones ends up there.
Publication:Standard Examiner; Date:Jan 11, 2008; Section:Opinion; Page Number:4A
Utah’s justice system needs repair
What’s wrong with the justice system?
Prosecutors are overly aggressive and seek convictions at any cost to further their careers, and different levels of law enforcement are abusive to inmates. The system has corrupt officers who hide behind their badges while breaking the law, and a judge who failed to recuse himself from a trial due to friendship with the victim’s family.
There are people who are innocent and are sent to prison, and people who have mental disabilities and need help but are sent to jail or prison without getting the help they need.
The state then asks for more federal funding, and our taxes are raised because a new prison needs to be built.
The problem is there is not one elected official who is willing to step up to the plate and recognize that there is a problem, nor do they use their position to promote a healthy, safe rehabilitation program within the prison or jail. They have the feeling that prison is a problem with no solution.
The temptation is always to look away, hoping the troubles inside the walls will not affect us.
Every day people go to prison, but the public knows very little about their conditions of confinement (rape, abuse by officers, infectious diseases, etc.) and whether they are being punished in ways that no jury ever intended. Unless the experience of incarceration becomes real through the confinement of a loved one, the people inside the confined walls are far removed from daily concerns.
Bonnie Terry
West Haven
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I had only lived in Scottsdale for about 6 months when I realized how serious the D.U.I. laws are in Arizona. Personal opinions aside, if you are arrested for D.U.I. in Arizona, your life is about to change and you need professional help. Of course there is the embarrassment, shame and confusion, but that is just the beginning. Mandatory incarceration, heavy fines, loss of license, impounded vehicle, ignition interlock, alcohol counseling, traffic survival school…. not to mention the impact that a criminal offense will have on your occupation, insurance and family life.
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Breath Tests Thrown Out!
I have a friend in the State of Washington named Andrea Robertson. Excellent Attorney. She sent me an email this week about a huge mess that is going on in Washington. The gist of the mess is that the State Toxicology Lab staff violated ethical boundaries (lied in quality assurance affidavits), were sloppy in their testing of samples, and did not do things according to their procedures. Andrea assisted Ted Vosk in mounting the allegations and bringing to light the horrible injustice that occurred because of the "good guys", the government. The order specifically talks about the corners cut by the head people.
Here is a copy of the order from the judges.