Murder Offense Amendments

Summary

The bill amends Utah’s murder statute to state that a person acting with depraved indifference to human life can be convicted of murder even without a specific intent to kill a particular individual. It also sets out related defenses, special mitigation rules, and how murder interacts with a list of serious predicate offenses. The change lets prosecutors charge murder in cases of extreme reckless conduct that creates a grave risk of death.

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