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Learn more about the role Gil Birmingham will play on the new Hulu series 'Under the Banner of Heaven.'

Based on the true-crime bestseller by Jon Krakauer, FX's Under the Banner of Heaven stars Spider-Man's Andrew Garfield as a true-crime detective.

Andrew Garfield is set to make his true crime debut in "Under the Banner of Heaven," which will be released by FX on Hulu as a limited series.

State representatives in the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted 6-5 on February 14, 2022 not to advance a proposal that would…

The effort to repeal and replace Utah’s death penalty faltered at its first legislative hurdle following nearly three hours of emotional, tearful and at times brutally graphic testimony from families of victims on both sides of the debate.

Jessica Black quietly cried in the crowd of a packed committee hearing on Monday as lawmakers heard arguments about whether the state should do away with its death penalty.

The mounting effort to repeal and replace Utahs death penalty could be headed for some trouble in the Utah House of Representatives.

Though backers of the bill to repeal and replace Utah’s death penalty include some influential conservative Republican lawmakers and the compelling voice of Sharon Wright Weeks, the sister and aunt of Ron Lafferty’s victims, two of the Utah House’s most powerful legislative leaders say they’re not supportive of doing away with it.

A Republican lawmaker from southern Utah says one womans experience is part of his motivation to propose HB147, a ban on the death penalty in front of legislators now.

Bryan Stevenson called capital punishment an "obstacle" to public safety in Utah and spoke in support of HB147, a bill that would abolish the death penalty.