Steve Gehrke

A convicted murderer was executed by a firing squad in Utah here Friday after a flurry of last-minute bids for mercy were rejected, authorities said.

Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs sent to Utah State Prison after Arizona charges dismissed. Polygamist leader Warren Jeffs has been transported from a Kingman jail to a state prison in Draper, Utah, nearly one week after the charges he faced in Arizona were dismissed.