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Law enforcement officers investigate the scene after fatal shots were fired at a Draper Police Sgt. Derek Johnson in Draper in 2013. Timothy Troy Walker, who was sentenced to life in prison for killing the officer, is facing another felony charge after a weapon was allegedly found in his cell.
Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News
UTAH STATE PRISON A convicted cop killer who is already serving a life sentence at the Utah State Prison and had an additional sentence of up to life in prison added on for a jailhouse assault is in trouble again.
Timothy Troy Walker, 42, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person. The charge is a first-degree felony because of Walker’s prior convictions involving violent offenses.
| Updated: March 3, 2021, 5:36 p.m.
As the clock ticks down the final hours of the Utah legislative session, a group of state prosecutors and public defenders came together Monday to call on lawmakers not to repeal a broadly supported bail reform package enacted last year.
Proponents of the reforms which aim to keep relatively low-risk defendants from sitting behind bars
for weeks or months awaiting trial
because they’re poor, while rich people can simply post bail and walk free say the system now in place under HB206 is significantly better than the old one, which was based on cash bail.
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| Updated: Feb. 1, 2021, 4:20 p.m.
In case you missed it, here’s a quick roundup of the highlights of what’s been happening in the Utah legislative session in the past few days.
Budget
The legislative session is only two weeks into its 45-day run and already lawmakers have wrapped up a $21 billion base budget that includes the lion’s share of the funds and spending priorities for the coming year. Those bills won final legislative approval Friday and were sent to Gov. Spencer Cox.
There are a lot more funding decisions to make with $1.5 billion or more left on the table, so the jockeying over money is far from over. But a basic spending plan will be in place to keep government operating if COVID-19 shuts down the Capitol.