Utah's GOP-led death penalty repeal measure falls vote short
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
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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
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to repeal the death penalty in Utah has been narrowly...
The mounting effort to repeal and replace Utah's 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 woman's experience is part of his motivation to propose HB147, a ban on the death penalty in front of legislators now.