Why Utah lawmakers voted to keep the death penalty this year
Monday evening was the third time in recent years that Utah lawmakers have weighed the merits of executions.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Matt Hunsaker, whose mother, Maurine Hunsaker, was killed by Ralph Menzies in 1986, speaks in opposition as he attends a hearing to repeal Utah’s death penalty in the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee meeting in the House building at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022.