SLCo DA building coalition of prosecutors to end death penalty in Utah

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Gill has been involved in negotiating an upcoming bill to abolish capital punishment and replace it with a tiered system of sentencing that includes a new 45 years-to-life in prison, in addition to 25-to-life and life without parole for aggravated murder.
51% : Supporters of abolishing the death penalty are feeling confident about their odds on Capitol Hill when the bill is considered in the 2022 legislative session.
49% : In an effort to win over opponents, the 45-to-life sentence was suggested -- as was keeping the seven people already on death row facing execution.
44% : "I personally have opposed the death penalty.
42% : So we, of course, take very seriously every such case that comes there and thankfully, we've been able to settle all of our cases without the need [for] the death penalty there."
41% : Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill is building a coalition of prosecutors from across the state to persuade the Utah State Legislature to end the death penalty.
37% : and it's an antiquated tool," the district attorney said of the death penalty. "
35% : But in an interview with FOX 13 on Monday, Gill stopped short of saying his office would no longer seek the death penalty in aggravated murder cases, like the Utah County Attorney has done.

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