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Prosecutors fight defense claim of judge bias in Lovell case

Last updated Thursday, April 26, 2012 - 8:54pm

OGDEN -- Prosecutors have filed an answer to rebut a defense bid to remove Judge Michael Lyon from the Doug Lovell death penalty case for alleged bias.

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Defendant Anders Behring Breivik with his lawyer Geir Lippestad , left, during the third day of proceedings in courtroom 250 in the courthouse in Oslo Wednesday April 18, 2012. Confessed mass killer Breivik on Wednesday called Norway's prison terms "pathetic" and said the death penalty or an acquittal were the "only logical outcomes" for his massacre of 77 people. (AP Photo/ Heiko Junge, Pool)

Norway killer wants freedom or death

Karl Ritter The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 2:08pm

OSLO, Norway -- The right-wing fanatic on trial for massacring 77 people in Norway says he wants either freedom or death, calling the country's prison terms "pathetic" and arguing for the return of capital punishment, which was last used here to execute Nazi collaborators after World War II.

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Oakland Police Chief Howard Jordan, left, and Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O'Malley walk to a news conference in Oakland, Calif., Wednesday, April 4, 2012. Six students and a receptionist were killed and three others were wounded when the gunman went on a shooting rampage Monday morning at Oikos University, an Oakland school founded to help Korean immigrants adjust to life in America and launch new careers. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

Suspected college gunman charged with 7 counts of murder

Paul Rosynsky The Oakland Tribune

Last updated Thursday, April 5, 2012 - 10:29am

OAKLAND, Calif. -- Armed with a .45-caliber handgun and carrying four loaded magazines, One L. Goh returned to his former school with a mission to kill, prosecutors say.

Goh, who admitted killing seven people Monday at Oikos University in East Oakland, was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and a other felonies that would make him eligible for the death penalty.

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Doug Lovell is seen in court in 2006. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Motion: Free 1 hand during Lovell's death penalty court hearings

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, March 31, 2012 - 6:32pm

OGDEN — Doug Lovell would like one hand free for the coming hearings on his bid to avoid the death penalty.

In a motion asking that “defendant be unshackled during extended hearings,” his public defenders argue Lovell’s right to “effective assistance of counsel” includes the client’s ability to take notes during hearings to communicate with counsel.

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Weber County Attorney Dee Smith takes an oath while filing his candidacy for Utah attorney general at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Monday. (ASHLEY FRANSCELL/Special to the Standard-Examiner)

Dee: Attorney general campaign won't hurt current job

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 12, 2012 - 8:50pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Weber County Attorney Dee Smith made it official Monday, formally filing for the Democratic nomination for attorney general of Utah.

Smith filed his papers at the lieutenant governor’s office in the state Capitol, joined by party officials and the party’s candidate for governor, retired Maj. Gen. Peter Cooke, who also filed.

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Nathan Sloop appears in 2nd District Judge Glen C. Dawson's courtroom for an evidentiary hearing in Farmington in July. Sloop and his wife, Stephanie Sloop, are accused of abusing and killing Stephanie's 4-year-old son, Ethan Stacy, in 2010. Nathan Sloop's preliminary hearing was changed earlier this week from a five-day event to a one-day event. (ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner)

Nathan Sloop's preliminary hearing changed from five days to one

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, March 2, 2012 - 9:19pm

FARMINGTON — A preliminary hearing for the man charged with the murder of 4-year-old Ethan Stacy has been changed from five days to one.

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Valdes death penalty case enters its third year

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, February 23, 2012 - 9:17pm

OGDEN — Behind closed doors Thursday, attorneys debated a defense request for expert witness fees for Jeremy Valdes, who faces the death penalty in a 2009 double homicide.

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Weber County Attorney Dee Smith answers questions from the media regarding the recent shooting of 6 police officers during a press conference at the Weber Center in Ogden Monday, January 9, 2012.(ROBERT JOHNSON/Standard-Examiner)

Prosecutors to seek death penalty in officers' shooting

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, January 11, 2012 - 7:28am

OGDEN -- Weber County Attorney Dee Smith said today he plans to seek the death penalty against Matthew David Stewart, 37, in the shooting death of Ogden police officer Jared Francom and the wounding of five others.

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Aggravated murder charges filed in infant's death

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, December 29, 2011 - 8:10pm

OGDEN --- Prosecutors today filed a charge of aggravated murder against Jeremy David Marshall in the death of a 3-month-old Kennedy Lucille Marshall.

The charge under the state's capital homicide statute carries the death penalty.

Marshall is accused of striking the child in her crib the morning of Dec.14. She was flown to Primary Children's Medical Center where she was pronounced dead that evening from brain injury.

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Lovell attorneys quietly prepare to file motions in death penalty case

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, November 12, 2011 - 10:56pm

OGDEN -- Doug Lovell's lawyers remain close-mouthed about how they plan to defend a man who testified on the stand under oath how and why he killed a South Ogden woman in 1985.

A scheduling conference Thursday in 2nd District Court for Lovell resulted in setting another scheduling conference for Jan. 12.

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(STEPHEN MORTON/The Associated Press) Friends and supporters chant in the street and block traffic outside Jonesville Baptist Church following the funeral of Troy Davis in Savannah, Ga., Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011. Davis died by injection for the 1989 slaying of off-duty Savannah police officer Mark MacPhail.

Troy Davis mourned as a martyr by 1,000 in Ga.

Russ Bynum The Associated Press

Last updated Saturday, October 1, 2011 - 4:33pm

SAVANNAH, Ga. — Sent to death row 20 years ago as a convicted cop killer, Troy Davis was celebrated as “martyr and foot soldier” Saturday by more than 1,000 people who packed the pews at his funeral and pledged to keep fighting the death penalty.

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Elaborate last-meal request kills privilege for condemned Texas prisoners

McClatchy Newspapers The Dallas Morning News

Last updated Friday, September 23, 2011 - 5:51am

AUSTIN, Texas — A gut-busting dinner, including a triple cheeseburger, pizza, fajitas, two chicken-fried steaks and pint of ice cream, sent some Texans over the edge.

Death row inmate Lawrence Brewer’s food order seemed more like a feast fit for an army than a man headed to execution. Now, because of public outrage, it’s last special meal that will be made for condemned prisoners.

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(CURTIS COMPTON/The Associated Press) Shelley Serdahely, Roswell, joins hundreds of protesters at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta against the execution of Troy Anthony Davis on Tuesday Sept. 20, 2011 in Atlanta. The state parole board has denied Davis clemency and the execution is set for Wednesday for the murder of an off-duty Savannah police officer in 1989.

Troy Davis nears Georgia execution despite protests

Greg Bluestein The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 6:53am

ATLANTA — With less than half a day left to live, Troy Davis faced execution Wednesday despite a furious campaign in the U.S. and Europe to win clemency for the 1989 slaying of a Georgia policeman he claims he did not commit.

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Death penalty option back on calendar for Valdes

Tim Gurrister Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, September 21, 2011 - 5:31am

OGDEN -- Jeremy Valdes' death penalty prosecution is back on the 2nd District Court calendar as the defense prepares to attack capital punishment.

Valdes is charged with aggravated murder and faces the death penalty if convicted in the slaying of Pamela Knight Jeffries, 56, and her son, Matt Roddy, 30, the day before Thanksgiving in 2009.

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