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Show Pamel Lakeside Review, Wednesday, June 24, 1987 to study bias in courts BANQUETS Complaints say gender prejudice affecting judicial system BRYON SAXTON Lakeside Review staff SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah task force organized to study whether gender bias is impacting the states judicial system will hold a series of public meetings to bring the issue to light Rosemary Gacnik, public information officer for the Gender and Justice Task Force, said hearings are being held throughout the state in order to inform the public that bias based on the sex of people involved in court cases may be affecting the states justice system. Gacnik said the newly formed committee has yet to include Davis County on its scheduled meeting tour, but it is accepting any written testimony from state residents who have encountered a problem with gender prejudice. The closest the committee will come to the WeberDavis County area is a scheduled July 14 meet . One judge who is serving on the Task Force committee is Judge W. Brent West of Ogdens 3rd Circuit Court. West, who was asked to sit on the task force to offer his professional opinion, said he believes there was enough substance to the claims to get involved in the 'Several experts testified of bias in an earlier hearing conducted in Salt Lake City regarding spouse abuse and parent custody cases Judge W. Brent West mechanisms for implementation; study. and to monitor and institutionalSeveral experts testified of bias ize these reforms, she said. in an earlier hearing conducted in Gancik said the task force, con- Salt Lake City regarding spouse sisting of judges, lawyers, court abuse and parent custody cases, he said. personnel, and citizen representaThe committee is requesting all tives, is using the public hearings as one way to gauge whether genjudges look at their sentencing der bias exists. patterns in hopes of identifying We also plan to to survey any type of bias, West said. court employees, judges and lawThe judge, who serves as the yers statewide, she said. presiding circuit court judge for Gancik said in the past judges both Weber and Morgan Counhave made gender remarks, ties, said I think part of the which is the reason task force of- problem is an education process ficials will be gathering informaand that if people are aware of it tion to be used in the study of the theyll become sensitive to the problem. ing at Provo City Hall at 6:30 p.m. The Task Force is interested in gender bias as it affects attorneys, litigants, and court personnel, among others, she said. 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