SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have introduced a bill to repeal almost of all of a recently passed law that requires judges to release people accused of low-level crimes using the least restrictive condition appropriate to their case. KUER-FM reported that Republican state Rep. Mike Schultz is sponsoring legislation to repeal the law, passed in October last year, intended to reduce the state’s reliance on cash bail. Schultz said the problem is the implementation of the law. The original law states judges have to consider public safety and the defendant’s likelihood to appear in court when assigning a condition for pretrial release. Some have argued the Legislature should work on amending the current law, not repealing it.











