Daily Herald GUEST OPINION: Call for change in Utah County Attorney’s office – plus various links

Written By: admin - Jun• 24•14

Today is primary election day in Utah, when parties vote on who will represent them on the ballot in November.  Because most of Utah County is Republican, races are often decided in June, — today.

This website is for the purpose of information and documentation as a public service to Cedar Hills residents.  While we are very attentive to the facts that relate to Cedar Hills and county governments, Cedar Hill Citizens for Responsible Government (CHCRG) does not endorse candidates.  This articles and links posted below are provided at the latest possible moment so as to be timely, and document this snapshot of time, of how the County Attorney’s Office has directly and adversely impacted Cedar Hills residents and others.

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Call for change in Utah County Attorney’s office

Daily Herald – June 22, 2014 12:00 am  •  Roger and Pamela Mortensen

Roger & Pamela Mortensen were wrongly imprisoned for five months by the County Attorney Jeffrey Buhman charged with murder of Kay Mortensen (Roger’s father). They wrote the following Opinion piece, which included, “We spent many months in jail and were very near trial before what we believe was an act of God — an informant revealed the identities of the real murderers.”

County Attorney responds to editorial

Daily Herald – June 22, 2014 5:18 pm  •  Jeff Buhman

“The Utah County Attorney’s Office makes prosecution decisions based only on the law and the evidence. When given evidence by potential suspects that is inculpatory, inconsistent and untrue, we and the police (and grand juries and judges) can make incorrect decisions. However, if we make an incorrect decision, we immediately correct it, as we did in this case.”

For complete article… http://www.heraldextra.com/news/opinion/utah-valley/county-attorney-responds-to-editorial/article_f9f9c120-3630-5b63-9360-686b0b6cac6c.html

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County attorney race: Experience vs. Change

June 14, 2014 2:00 pm  •  Billy Hesterman Daily Herald

Related Links

•    Ben Stanley website http://voteben.com

•    Jeff Buhman website http://countyattorneybuhman.com

PROVO — Utah County voters will have to ask themselves if they are satisfied with the status quo or if it is time for a change in the county attorney’s office when they head to the polls in the Republican primary election on June 24.

For complete article… http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/county-attorney-race-experience-vs-change/article_f21e6c52-c296-5756-a97c-8b4c4b142bbd.html

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County attorney race: Focusing on past cases

June 14, 2014 4:00 pm  •  Paige Fieldsted DAILY HERALD

The Utah County Attorney race is bringing past cases back into the spotlight as incumbent Jeff Buhman works to defend the decisions made by him and his office against the accusations from his challenger Ben Stanley.

For complete article… http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/elections/county-attorney-race-focusing-on-past-cases/article_ab85578e-c330-5043-9bd0-a4169a48dc73.html

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