College student will be among first to test new law's impact on sex assault cases

by Cristina Flores

Thu, April 4th 2019, 12:53 AM UTC

House Bill 281 — Prosecution Review Amendments — which goes into effect on May 13, will give the Utah Attorney General's Office authority to give a second look to first-degree felony cases that were vetted by police, but got no action from local prosecutors and never made it to trial. (Photo: KUTV)

College student Tabitha Bell, 18, reported she was sexually assaulted but prosecutors in Salt Lake County declined to prosecute the person she says is responsible for the assault. (Photo: Cristina Flores / KUTV)

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House Bill 281 — Prosecution Review Amendments — which goes into effect on May 13, will give the Utah Attorney General's Office authority to give a second look to first-degree felony cases that were vetted by police, but got no action from local prosecutors and never made it to trial. (Photo: KUTV)

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