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Four inmates on death row have filed a lawsuit against the state of Utah, challenging its capital punishment statutes.
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The abduction and murder of Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shelley, a case that had Cache Valley frantic for nearly a week in 2019, was placed front and center before Utah legislators on Monday as several locals involved in the case debated the merits of repealing the death penalty.
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HB 147, sponsored by Rep. Lowry Snow, R-St. George, which would have repealed the death penalty in Utah and replaced it with a possible sentence of 45 years to life, was defeated in committee. The debate will go on, however, today on Access Utah.
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A bill meant to repeal Utah’s death penalty has failed to move forward within the Utah House committee after hours of discussion on Monday night.
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Prosecutors in Salt Lake, Utah, Summit and Grand counties are calling on Utah lawmakers to scrap the death penalty. On Tuesday, the prosecutors sent a…
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Utah lawmakers say they'll try again to abolish capital punishment, while a county prosecutor says he's already done pursuing the death penalty.…
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Utah County Attorney David Leavitt announced that he will no longer seek the death penalty. After initially planning to seek the death penalty in the case…
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Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon announced he will consider a moratorium for the death penalty as the state struggles with the economic fallout from the…
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Prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a Utah couple accused of taunting their malnourished 3-year-old daughter with food before she died.The…
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Utah prison officials say they've reviewed 74 court cases involving inmate medical records after the department failed to produce documents in a…