SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has dealt a setback to a Utah death row inmate who saw his conviction overturned in connection with a string of violence at a remote cabin. The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that even if Von Lester Taylor did […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has overturned the conviction of a death row inmate, saying he received ineffective counsel during his trial. The Deseret News reports a U.S. District judge ruled Von Lester Taylor was not adequately represented in his 1991 trial that led to a death […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The appeal hearings for a Utah death-row inmate are lasting longer than anticipated. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reported Sunday that 61-year-old Douglas Lovell was initially supposed to only have hearings in his case during the month of August. Lovell has twice been convicted of capital murder and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah death row inmate featured in the popular book “Under the Banner of Heaven” after killing his sister-in-law and her child for resisting his polygamist beliefs inched closer to becoming the first American to be executed by firing squad in nearly a decade after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A man who has been on death row in Utah for more than three decades will get a new hearing after raising questions about the testimony used to convict him of murder. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Utah Supreme Court in an opinion Friday […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — An inmate on death row in Utah has died. The Utah Department of Corrections says 63-year-old Floyd Maestas died of natural causes Sunday at the prison in Draper. Maestas had been behind bars since 2008. He was convicted of aggravated murder in beating death of 72-year-old […]
