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Bill advances to close the ‘loophole’ that allowed for early release of brothers involved in the death of a Utah police officer

West Valley City Police Officer Cody Brotherson was killed in the line of duty in 2016. His mother says passage of this bill is a step toward justice.

(Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) A photo of West Valley City Officer Cody Brotherson during a memorial ceremony at Fairbourne Station Plaza in West Valley City, Nov. 6, 2017. Brotherson's mother was on Utah's Capitol Hill on Wednesday testifying on behalf of a bill that would close a loophole that resulted in her son's assailant being released early.