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The Box Elder County Attorney’s Office has filed charges against Ryan Michael Bate, accused of firing the shots that killed ...
Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Ryan Michael Bate, the man accused of shooting and killing two Tremonton police officers.
Governor Cox speaks about Ryan Michael Bate, accused of killing two Tremonton officers and injuring a Deputy and K9 Officer.
Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty for a man accused of fatally shooting two police officers in northern Utah last ...
Prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against the man accused of shooting and killing two Tremonton-Garland police ...
The man accused of killing two Tremonton-Garland police officers has been charged with two counts of capital murder and other ...
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 said ...
UTAH COUNTY — An attorney in Utah County on Wednesday announced that he will no longer seek the death penalty in cases going forward. In a statement and video, Attorney David Leavitt referenced ...
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 ...
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, R-St ...
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.
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 ...