KSL Investigates: How is Utah's new self-defense law impacting justice?

In 2021, HB 227 sailed through the Utah Legislature. The new law went into effect on May 5, 2021, and now gives people who are charged with crimes and claim self-defense an opportunity to ask for a justification hearing.

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