Lawmakers will make another run at abolishing Utah’s death penalty

Utah has not executed a prisoner in more than a dozen years

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Lowry Snow, R-Santa Clara, will sponsor a bill in the 2022 session to abolish the death penalty in Utah.

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