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(KRISTIN HEINICHEN/Standard-Examiner) During a news conference at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Laura Dupaix, chief of the Criminal Appeals Division, answers questions following an announcement that an appeal is needed in the Debra Brown case, which was Utah’s first factual innocence case.

Innocence center blasts attorney general's office over appeal

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 11:31pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Attorney General's Office formally announced Thursday morning it is appealing the Debra Brown case after all, saying an Ogden judge was wrong to free her after her conviction for a 1993 murder.

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Utah AG discusses flip-flop on Brown appeal

Lynn DeBruin, The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 26, 2011 - 5:14pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff was in a hospital room being treated for cancer when he let emotions take over and vowed not to appeal the exoneration of an inmate serving a life sentence for a 1993 murder.

Defense attorneys, however, called Shurtleff's flip-flop on Thursday a "tragic case of sour grapes" and insisted they would prevail when the case against Debra Brown is reviewed by the Utah Supreme Court.

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Groups file federal lawsuit over Utah's new immigration law

Los Angeles Times, Nicholas Riccardi

Last updated Tuesday, May 3, 2011 - 11:30pm

DENVER -- Utah won national attention earlier this year for promoting a gentler approach to immigration when it passed a law essentially allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the state if they work and don't commit crimes.

Yet on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center filed a federal lawsuit to stop the implementation next week of another Utah immigration law, one modeled on a controversial Arizona law that enlists local police to help root out illegal immigrants.

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Shurtleff: 39 Utah arrests made for child porn

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Thursday, April 28, 2011 - 10:43pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- At least 40 people may be prosecuted for child pornography possession, creation or distribution thanks to Operation FrostyLime Squeeze.

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Utah AG meets with Justice Dept. officials

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 26, 2011 - 1:05pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff met with two assistant attorneys general Monday in Washington in a continued an effort to stave off litigation from the U.S. Justice Department over the state's recently passed immigration reform package.

Whether a lawsuit will be filed against the state remains to be seen, Shurtleff said. While meeting with Assistant Attorney General Tony West for the civil division and Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez of the civil rights division, Justice officials "made no threats and made no promises," he said.

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Utah Attorney General on 4th type of chemotherapy

The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, April 19, 2011 - 12:04pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is on his fourth type of chemotherapy as he tries to find one that will combat his colon cancer while not drastically affecting his heart.

Spokesperson Paul Murphy says the intravenous and pill forms of the chemotherapy drug were giving Shurtleff "heart attacks." The new regimen started three weeks ago directly injects the drugs rapidly into his chest. The change of course means Shurtleff still has another five months left of treatment.

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Lawmakers say new bill would welcome immigrants

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, March 2, 2011 - 11:53pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- With just seven days left in the legislative session, Utah lawmakers are still wrestling with illegal immigration, with bills being debated in committees and introduced in news conferences Wednesday.

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Task force: Funds needed to fight growing problem of crimes against children

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Saturday, February 5, 2011 - 12:38am

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Attorney General's Office for the sixth year in a row leads the nation in arrests of those who download child pornography.

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Utah lawmakers applaud ruling on health overhaul bill

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 11:47pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Lawmakers on Wednesday applauded the federal judge who ruled President Barack Obama's health care plan is unconstitutional.

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(STEVE C. WILSON/The Associated Press) Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff laughs with his wife, M’liss, by his side as he answers questions from the media about his cancer diagnosis Tuesday in Salt Lake City. Shurtleff was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer of the appendix and will undergo chemotherapy treatments beginning in January.

Utah's Shurtleff will work during chemotherapy

Josh Loftin, The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 12:23am

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff plans to stay in office and work during cancer treatments over six months.

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Shurtleff will undergo chemotherapy

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 5:05pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff will undergo aggressive chemotherapy after cancer was discovered in multiple lymph nodes.

Spokesman Paul Murphy says that Shurtleff, 53, will begin the treatments early next year. He will have 12 rounds of chemotherapy over the next six months.

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Shurtleff may prosecute; possible stolen Social Security numbers on 'the list' prompt Utah attorney general's reversal

Dan Weist, Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, August 2, 2010 - 11:35pm

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has reversed his stand on possibly prosecuting people on an anonymously released list of illegal immigrants purportedly living in the state. Shurtleff's office confirmed Friday that Utah's Workforce Services released information to the attorney general's office stating that some of the Social Security numbers on the long list, sent out last month to public officials and media outlets, may not be legitimate and could prompt investigatory action.

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Some on Utah immigrant list may be investigated

Dan Weist Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, August 2, 2010 - 2:53pm

Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has reversed his stand on possibly prosecuting people on an anonymously-released list of illegal immigrants purportedly living in the state.

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Utah attorney general investigating immigrant list

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, July 22, 2010 - 11:33am

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The Utah attorney general's office says it is investigating the public release of a list of names of 1,300 purported illegal immigrants for possible criminal violations.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Eva Davila, a permanent resident alien, says her name is on the leaked list of supposed illegal immigrants sent to law enforcement agencies and the media. She runs a day care out of her Ogden home and says she has lost customers because of the list.

Ogden child care provider: Inaccurate immigration list affecting my livelihood

Scott Schwebke, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, July 21, 2010 - 11:50pm

OGDEN -- The irony isn't lost on Eva Davila. For the past five years, Davila has collected regular paychecks from the Utah Department of Workforce Services as a licensed provider for the state's subsidized child care program. However, Davila maintains the dissemination of inaccurate information gleaned from that agency's records is now threatening her livelihood.

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