Here’s why Utah death row inmate Taberon Honie says his life should be spared

Honie’s attorneys say he has shown remorse for killing Claudia Benn, adding that his traumatic childhood on Hopi reservation land affected him as an adult.

(Fox13) Taberon Honie enters a 5th District courtroom in Cedar City, Monday, June 10, 2024. Honie is scheduled to executed this summer for killing his ex-girlfriend's mother in 1998. His attorneys last week asked Utah's parole board for mercy and to give him a life sentence instead.

Here’s why Utah death row inmate Taberon Honie says his life should be spared

Honie’s attorneys say he has shown remorse for killing Claudia Benn, adding that his traumatic childhood on Hopi reservation land affected him as an adult.

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