(Salt Lake City, UT) – A bill that would remove the death penalty as a form of punishment in Utah is now ready for state lawmakers to consider. HB 147 from Republicans Lowry Snow and Dan McCay would change the possible sentence for aggravated murder to 45 years to life […]
(Salt Lake County, UT) — Four county prosecutors are calling for the Utah Legislature to end the death penalty. Salt Lake District Attorney Sim Gill, Utah County Attorney David Leavitt, Summit County Attorney Margaret Olson and Grand County Attorney Christina Sloan have all signed an open letter to Governor Spencer […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors in Idaho say they will seek the death penalty against a couple in the killings of the wife’s two youngest children and the husband’s previous wife in a convoluted case involving doomsday religious beliefs and another suspicious death in Arizona. The prosecutors made the announcement […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against a California man accused of shooting and killing a motorist last year. Jonathan Llana is accused of fatally shooting Dennis Gwyther and injuring his passenger in May 2019 as the two were driving in northern Utah. The […]
OGDEN, Utah (Standard-Examiner) — Attorneys in a Utah homicide case have urged a judge to declare the death penalty unconstitutional arguing the sentencing portion of the law shifts the burden of proof to defendants. The Standard-Examiner reported that an attorney representing 28-year-old Miller Costello said that aggravating factors already have […]
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Republicans in states including Wyoming, Utah and Ohio plan to keep pushing for death-penalty repeal even as U.S. officials move toward resuming executions. A national group, Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, released a statement Monday saying the death penalty is costly and prone to error. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has denied an appeal by a man who has been on Utah’s death row for 30 years. The ruling Friday by U.S. District Judge Claire Egan denies a petition by Ralph Leroy Menzies, who was sentenced to die for the killing of […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Fifteen states are siding with Nevada as it fights drug companies battling the use of their products in an inmate’s execution. Republican attorneys general from 15 states filed documents Monday with the Nevada Supreme Court arguing that drug company Alvogen’s claims are a part of a […]
