Amidst pushback from police and prosecutors, Utah County Commissioners have decided to hold off — for now — on establishing a panel to review allegations of unethical behavior by prosecutors.
The commission opted to delay their vote to create a prosecutorial review board indefinitely to allow time for more discussion, Commissioner Bill Lee said Tuesday.
The three commissioners have been discussing the possibility since last May, when a group of Utah County residents asked them to create a body outside the county attorney’s office to provide oversight to prosecutors. The group pointed to a handful of high-profile criminal prosecutions that ended in acquittals or dismissed charges in recent years, saying the prosecutions purportedly damaged the lives of people who say they were falsely accused of crimes.