09-06-2018 04:00 via sltrib.com

Tribune editorial: It’s right that Utah judges have more information before setting bail

“Let us know a little more before we act.”
— Sherlock HolmesTo have such an attitude toward any part of the criminal justice system would seem, well, elementary.But the court system in Utah has been spinning its judicial wheels for a long time now, before finally launching a new system that is designed to give judges more information about which of the freshly arrested defendants brought before them need to be locked up pending trial, and which ones don’t.The delay was no
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