Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner is scheduled to be executed by firing squad tonight, unless he is granted a stay by the governor. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of apparent natural causes, according to the state's ...

The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. (Photo courtesy of the Utah State Department of Corrections) A bill to add the ...

Two bills pertaining to firing squad executions for death row inmates won’t advance further this session unless the authors propose them as amendments to other bills. Senate Bill 11 was heard in ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published on Jan. 17, 2025. A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Jan. 17, 1977, convicted murderer Gary Gilmore, ...