(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox and other state officials are reacting to plans to live-stream an execution. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth says the execution of Nidal Hasan by firing squad will be public. The former Army doctor killed 12 soldiers, one civilian, and an unborn baby […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Critics of the death penalty in Utah are pointing to a botched execution in Tennessee as another reason to end capital punishment. Molly Prince from the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network tells KUTV that Tennessee and Utah use the same drug for lethal injection. Currently, there […]
(Torrey, UT) — Prosecutors in Wayne County are now considering whether they’ll pursue a death penalty prosecution against a triple murder suspect. Ivan Miller has reportedly confessed to killing three women in Wayne County. Outside legal experts who reviewed the case tell KUTV that a police interview undercuts any potential […]
(Provo, UT) — The man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk in Utah was in court yesterday. Tyler Robinson appeared at a virtual hearing in Provo where the defense asked for a preliminary hearing. That’s where a judge will decide whether there is enough evidence against him to move […]
(Orem, UT) — The suspect accused of killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk is scheduled to appear virtually in court today. Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray charged 22-year-old Tyler Robinson with aggravated murder on September 16th, a charge that carries the possibility of the death penalty. Kirk was shot September 10th […]
(Orem, UT) — A suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk could face the death penalty. Court records show Tyler Robinson was arrested on charges of aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm causing serious bodily injury, and obstruction of justice. President Trump has stated several times the “animal” who […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox says the death penalty is “appropriate” if Ryan Michael Bate is found guilty of killing two Tremonton police officers. Cox spoke to reporters yesterday during his monthly news conference. He says he understands that people “make mistakes” but added they still “don’t […]
(Utah County, UT) — Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray is pursuing the death penalty for Michael Aaron Jayne, charged with the aggravated murder of Santaquin Police Sergeant Bill Hooser during a traffic stop on May 5th. He reportedly fled the scene and struck Hooser with his truck. Jayne faces multiple […]
(Santaquin, UT) — Attorneys weighing in on the suspect accused of killing Sergeant Bill Hooser say he could face the death penalty. Suspect Michael Jayne allegedly ran Hooser over with his semi-truck while fleeing from a traffic stop on May 5th. Law experts say the state has 60 days after […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge has dismissed a lawsuit that challenges Utah’s death penalty. The suit, filed by five inmates who were sentenced to death, argued that the state’s Department of Corrections’ methods to carry out executions by lethal injection and firing squad violated the Utah Constitution. A […]
