Three men, three warnings: Why Utah must end the death penalty

By: Ben Miller

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: July 14, 2026

Words: 793

Last Updated: 1 week ago

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In the last three years, Utah has tried to kill three men. One execution went forward. One was stopped only by the condemned man’s own death. And one conviction has collapsed as new DNA evidence now points away from the man the state has spent forty years trying to execute. Taken together, the cases of Taberon Honie, Ralph Menzies, and Douglas Carter are not isolated failures. They are a portrait of a failed system that …

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