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Utah House defeats substitute adding life‑without‑parole option to capital cases
Summary
After several hours of debate, the Utah House rejected a second‑substitute to Senate Bill 92 that would have specified life imprisonment without parole as the fallback if the death penalty were held unconstitutional and added life‑without‑parole as an explicit sentencing option.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House rejected a substitute to Senate Bill 92 on the criminal penalties for capital offenses after an extended floor debate that split lawmakers along procedural and philosophical lines.
Representative William Blunt, the bill sponsor, told colleagues the substitute was drafted to preserve sentencing options if the death penalty were later ruled unconstitutional. “In the event that the death penalty will hold unconstitutional, anybody sentenced to death would automatically go…life in prison without parole,” Blunt said, arguing the change…
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