![]() ![]() One of these advocates is Sharon Wright Weeks, whose sister, Brenda, and niece, Erica, were murdered in 1984 in American Fork, Utah. This year's abolition bill was championed not only by a number of legislators and prosecutors, but family members of murder victims. ![]() Twenty-three states already have that’s a growing number.” “This is not a matter of if, it is when the time is right," affirmed Rep. ![]() Daniel McCay (R), would have replaced the death penalty with the option of a 45-year-to-life prison term. The abolition bill, "Death Penalty Modifications,” sponsored by Rep. Leading up to the hearing, hopes were high that 2022 would be the year Utah abolished capital punishment. The vote came after hours of testimony from advocates and opponents of the legislation. 14, 2022 a Utah House committee failed to pass death penalty abolition bill HB 147 in a vote of 6-5. ![]()
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