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Senate approves substitute SB 92 to add three sentencing options while retaining death penalty
Summary
After extended floor debate citing cost and sentencing-impact studies, the Utah Senate passed substitute SB 92 to create three sentencing alternatives for capital crimes while keeping the death penalty as an option; the bill passed 19–9 and moves to the House.
The Utah State Senate on the floor session debated and passed substitute Senate Bill 92, a capital-sentencing measure that adds a three-option sentencing framework for capital crimes while maintaining the death penalty as a possible sentence. Sponsor Senator Farley urged colleagues to view the bill as an option set rather than a replacement of capital punishment and cited national and out‑of‑state research to support his approach.
Senator Farley said the bill addresses two concerns often raised in prior debates: the expense…
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