Salt Lake Tribune · Sep 1, 2018
Commentary: What’s going on behind the justice system’s closed doors?
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Jeffery Shepherd, the man accused of the Easter Sunday shooting death and robbery of 46-year-old Matthew Earl Holt near the Jordan River Parkway listens to his sentencing from Judge James T. Blanch on Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017, at the Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City. Shepherd was sentenced to life in prison with a first parole hearing in 15 years. “We the jury find the defendant guilty!” It’s a line you may have heard before as a dramatic case closing in a TV show or movie — but you probably haven’t heard it in real life, even if you or someone close to you has been charged with a crime.