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Death penalty bills to return to the Utah State Legislature
By fox13now.com
Published: 01/17/2017

SALT LAKE CITY -- Bills for and against the death penalty are expected to be debated in the 2017 session of the Utah State Legislature.

Capital punishment bills are being considered on the 40th anniversary of Gary Gilmore's execution. The Utah inmate was the first to be executed following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that reinstated the death penalty. Gilmore was executed by firing squad.

Death penalty supporters and opponents are expected to be back on Utah's Capitol Hill to argue for bills.

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