For a second consecutive election, one of Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill’s own employees is trying to oust him.
Nathan Evershed, an experienced prosecutor in the DA’s office, raises issues similar to the ones Steve Nelson raised four years ago: Gill is inexperienced as a prosecutor of major crime, and that makes him ineffective as a supervisor of prosecutors.
Evershed points to a “brain drain” at the DA’s office as experienced prosecutors take jobs elsewhere. He says justice in the county is suffering as a result. He points to the unsuccessful prosecution of former Utah Attorneys General John Swallow and Mark Shurtleff.