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House directs auditor general to study costs of aggravated murder prosecutions
Utah House of Representatives · February 20, 2018
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Summary
House Bill 70 asks the Legislative Auditor General for a study into the fiscal costs of aggravated murder and capital punishment; sponsors cited a commonly used $1.6 million per-case estimate and the House passed the measure 68-0.
The Utah House approved House Bill 70, a resolution asking the Legislative Auditor General to conduct a roughly nine-month study into the fiscal costs associated with aggravated murder cases and the state's capital punishment process.
Sponsor Representative Handy framed the bill as a way to refine…
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