Utah Attorney General

A convicted killer who developed dementia while on death row for 37 years has been ruled competent enough to be executed. Menzies was sentenced to die in 1988 for killing mother of three Maurine Hunsaker.

There’s little effect on the department’s operations, but the agreement sends a message that immigrants who enter the country illegally and commit crimes will not be tolerated.

Utah believes it should have ownership over some federally managed land, but environmentalists argue the move backpedals on the agreement that made Utah a state.

On Monday, the Utah Attorney General’s Office filed an indictment against Mohamed Baayd, who won reelection in November.

After three consecutive Utah Attorneys General — Swallow, Shurtleff and Reyes — marked by scandal, voters have selected a new leader of the state’s legal affairs.

The Associated Press called the governor's race for Spencer Cox at 10:29 p.m. MST / 12:29 a.m. EST.

From conflicts of interest to public lands ownership to social media, four candidates for attorney general presented their case on why they should be Utah’s leading lawyer.

Judge Robert Shelby wrote Utah’s law restricting youth social media use most likely violates the First Amendment.

Fights over public lands aren’t unusual in the West. But Utah is now going straight to the U.S. Supreme Court to wrest control of 18.5 million acres of federal land.

Honie, 48, was convicted of aggravated murder in the brutal July 1998 death of his girlfriend’s mother, Claudia Benn. His execution followed decades of failed appeals.

The candidates competing for the Republican nomination for Utah Attorney General will faced off on Tuesday, June 11, 2024, in a debate organized by the Utah Debate Commission.

Current Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is not seeking reelection, opening up the office to a new candidate. Utah's primary election is June 25, 2024.