The 20 plus charges the state threw at Ryan Bate—the accused killer of the Tremonton officers—is an indication they do not ...

Prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against the man accused of shooting and killing two Tremonton-Garland police ...

Taberon Dave Honie was put to death by lethal Injection on Thursday, the first execution in Utah since 2010. AP Outside the prison, a group of anti-death penalty protesters held signs that ...

Utah is the only state in four decades to carry out such a death sentence, with three executions by firing squad since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

As the days tick down to Ralph Menzies’ execution, anti-death penalty advocates said Friday that a firing squad leaves open ...

The Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice recently completed a study that concluded the state and local governments spent roughly $40 million over 20 years on death penalty cases.

An unexpectedly potent push to abolish Utah’s death penalty came up short this week, and the practice remained on the books as the state’s legislative session wrapped up. A bill that would ...

A death penalty supporter, Ray said lawmakers instead should focus on another bill, HB70, which would request further study into capital punishment costs in Utah.

Two influential conservative Republicans are spearheading this year's effort to repeal Utah's death penalty and replace it with a new sentence of 45 years to life in prison: Rep. Lowry Snow, ...

We don’t condone what these criminals [do] and what my brother did, and I don’t condone the State of Utah doing the same ...