Governor Cox speaks about Ryan Michael Bate, accused of killing two Tremonton officers and injuring a Deputy and K9 Officer.

Simms explained, “If you kill a law enforcement officer, a police officer, you can face the death penalty in Utah. If it’s a ...

Ralph Menzies has vascular dementia. His lawyers say let him fade away. The victim's family says: execute him. Utah's parole ...

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, ...

In less than a month, the state of Utah is set to execute Ralph Menzies by firing squad — a man convicted and sentenced to death for the horrific 1987 murder of Maurine Hunsaker. I want to start by ...

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.

If it wins approval, HB147 would repeal Utah's death penalty and replace it with a new law — one that would give prosecutors a new bargaining chip in its place in their pursuit of plea deals: a ...

With his execution approaching, attorneys for death row inmate Ralph Menzies made what could be one of their final pleas for ...