SALT LAKE CITY — What might have looked like any other public meeting at Utah’s State Capitol Wednesday was actually a new step forward for the state, according to Dr. Michele Leslie.
“We’re one of the few states who have some kind of management board,” she said. “And it is a really big step for this state.”
Wednesday’s meeting was the second public meeting of Utah’s newly created Sex Offense Management Board.
Dr. Leslie was hired by Utah’s Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. She’s a psychologist with years of experience in sex offense management, and they needed her to serve as the board’s director.
“This is just a population that has kind of been, not so much pushed aside, but not really discussed or focused on until something potentially big happens. And then it might die down,” said Leslie. “The creation of this board is so that we can make sure that it doesn’t die down; that we continue to move forward.”
The board is designed to be made up of 18 criminal justice stakeholders, including a victim advocacy representative. It also will include a previously convicted of a sex offender who successfully completed supervision…
