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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…
A push to repeal the death penalty in Utah has been narrowly rejected, but an emotional hearing this week laid bare some divisions.
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.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to repeal the death penalty in Utah has been narrowly rejected, but an emotional hearing this week laid bare divisions among conservatives that have taken shape in Republican-led statehouses.