UTAH – According to the statement, Utah County Attorney David Leavitt reverses course on capital punishment.
He released a statement saying it’s time to change course and he will no longer seek the death penalty.
He because the first Utah County attorney to seek the death penalty since 1984 when he took such action against the defendant, Jerrod Baum.
The Utah County Attorney David Leavitt said that he believes the death penalty will never be carried out again in Utah, and nor should it.
On Tuesday, Leavitt filed a withdrawal of intent to seek the death penalty against Jerrod Baum.
Baum would go on to be charged with two counts of aggravated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and desecration of a dead human body. He was also charged with one count of obstruction of justice and possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person.
