Saying Utah's death penalty process is too slow, a lawmaker is pushing past criticism that her plan could end in an ...

A committee of Utah lawmakers has unanimously approved a bill and a joint resolution that aims to speed up the death penalty appeals process.

Utah families should not have to wait three or four decades for justice after unthinkable tragedies, a state lawmaker told colleagues Wednesday. She pitched a plan she said would shorten the timeline ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KTVX) – A Utah judge on Wednesday set an execution date for a man whose lawyers say he suffers from worsening dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies, 67, has been on death row since 1988 after ...

A Utah man who had his execution blocked after developing dementia during his nearly 40 years on death row died of apparent natural causes, according to the state's Department of Corrections. Ralph ...

>> LOOK AT THIS BEHIND US. THIS IS THE NUMBER OF DEATH PENALTY EXECUTIONS IN OUR COUNTRY SINCE 1977. YOU SEE THE LATE 90'S. THAT WAS THE PEAK. BUT THEN A GRADUAL DECLINE. >> THAT IS UNTIL NOW. THIS UP ...