SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says he wants to amend the state constitution to limit appeals to speed up execution of convicted criminals.

SACRAMENTO, Dec. 12 (UPI) -- Dozens of U.S. citizens allege in a lawsuit that offering in-state college tuition to illegal immigrants is unfair to official citizens.

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Utah prosecutors say their ability to press charges against a Texas polygamist sect will depend on results of a legal battle over search warrants involved.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 (UPI) -- Attorneys general from 10 states are urging the California Supreme Court to stay its ruling to legalize same-sex marriage in the Golden State.

ST. GEORGE, Utah, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Polygamous sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted of two counts of rape by accessory by a Utah jury Tuesday.

LINDON, Utah, Sept. 23 (UPI) -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff broke his leg this weekend in Lindon, Utah, while preparing for a charity event on a motorcycle.

SALT LAKE CITY, Jan. 26 (UPI) -- The controversial scene of a minor being raped in the movie "Hounddog" does not break Utah's child pornography laws, the state attorney general says.

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 21 (UPI) -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff has said his state treats bigamy laws similar to fornication or adultery laws that remain on the state's books.

SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 9 (UPI) -- The Utah Supreme Court has ruled that the state university has no power to declare its own ban on guns on campus.