SALT LAKE CITY Jury trials are slowly starting back up in Utah after some defendants have waited nearly a year during the pandemic for their day in court.
State courts officials announced Friday that an initial trial will be held in Salt Lake City on Jan. 25, followed by another in Duchesne on Feb. 10. And they say they re working with health experts to make the courthouses as safe as possible. We re quite excited about this. We ve had a lot of jury trials that have been languishing and it s absolutely killing us, said 3rd District Presiding Judge Mark Kouris. We re getting the train back on the tracks, if you will.
Spenser Heaps, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY Jury trials are slowly starting back up in Utah after some defendants have waited nearly a year during the pandemic for their day in court.
State courts officials announced Friday that an initial trial will be held in Salt Lake City on Jan. 25, followed by another in Duchesne on Feb. 10. And they say they’re working with health experts to make the courthouses as safe as possible.
“We’re quite excited about this. We’ve had a lot of jury trials that have been languishing and it’s absolutely killing us,” said 3rd District Presiding Judge Mark Kouris. “We’re getting the train back on the tracks, if you will.”