SALT LAKE CITY — The American Civil Liberties Union and ACLU of Utah filed an amicus brief in the Utah Supreme ... in the carceral system and allow a group of people on the state death row to ...

Taberon Dave Honie, 48, is scheduled to be executed at the Utah State Correctional Facility on Thursday. Five states have executed 10 death row inmates ... to life in prison on July 26.

The Utah Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment” with language that mirrors the U.S. Constitution’s Eighth Amendment. However, Article I, Section 9 of the Utah Constitution extends ...

Roy Cooper announced Tuesday -- his last day in office -- that he has commuted the sentences of 15 people on death row. He also granted ... severe sentence that the state can impose," Cooper ...