'High crimes': KSL investigates inaction after scathing report against county clerk/auditor
An independent investigation that cost taxpayers $150,000 found Uintah County's clerk\/auditor \
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An independent investigation that cost taxpayers $150,000 found Uintah County's clerk\/auditor \
The Uintah County Clerk-Auditor has been the subject of a pair of investigations requested by county leaders.
Two Utah cases highlight pandemic’s grip on the criminal justice system Annie Knox © Kristin Murphy, Deseret News A file photo of a Utah courtroom. SALT LAKE CITY — Michael Wallace Tuinman had an alibi in the murder case against him, but it would take a jury years to hear it. In his lawyer’s eyes, prosecutors in Duchesne County dragged their feet, delaying the case for roughly a year. Then in March 2020, the pandemic pushed it back again, calling off jury trials for just as long. Tuinman got his day in court this past March, part of an initial round of experimental ...