Jim Spiewak

2 weeks ago | kutv.com | Jim Spiewak

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A ransomware attack on the Arizona Federal Public Defender’s Office has delayed progress in the Ralph Menzies death penalty case. Defense attorneys filed a motion last week asking the court for more time to prepare a reply brief on Menzies’ mental competency after the hack wiped out their access to case files. The office said they lost a nearly complete 25-page draft of the reply brief they were preparing to file.

2 weeks ago | kutv.com | Jim Spiewak

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Two men were sentenced on Friday for a crime that happened back in 2006. Jose Luis Pina-Cruz and Frank Benavidez were sentenced for kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl in Salt Lake. The victim's rape kit was only partially tested shortly after the crime and was later destroyed. MORE | 2006 crimeEvidence preserved from the kit at the state crime lab and advancements in DNA testing technology led investigators to the suspects.

3 weeks ago | kutv.com | Jim Spiewak

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — A man who trafficked a woman in Utah while living in Las Vegas is heading to prison after a judge handed down the maximum sentence, calling the victim a “hero” for coming forward. Delquan Danford will serve consecutive, 1 to 15 years for human trafficking for sexual exploitation and 0 to 5 years for aggravated assault. He pleaded guilty to both charges. McKenzie Keller, the woman he trafficked, told the court she never thought this day would come.

3 weeks ago | kutv.com | Jim Spiewak

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Bruce Dallas Goodman spent nearly 19 years in prison for the rape and murder of 21-year-old Sherry Ann Fales Williams, a crime he maintained he did not commit. Decades later, newly tested DNA evidence led to his conviction being overturned, but not everyone was convinced of his innocence. On November 30, 1984, a road crew found Williams' body partially nude and her hands and feet bound by rope in Beaver, Utah.

3 weeks ago | thenationaldesk.com | Jim Spiewak

TOPICS:DNABruce GoodmanMurderWrongful convictionSherry Ann Fales WilliamsUtahEvidenceTrialBruce Dallas Goodman spent 19 years in prison for the rape and murder of Sherry Ann Fales Williams, a crime he maintained he did not commit. Decades later, newly tested DNA evidence led to his conviction being overturned, but not everyone was convinced of his innocence. “There is no doubt in my mind that Bruce is innocent,” said Jennifer Springer, managing attorney at the Rocky Mountain Innocence Center.