Wednesday, March 25, 2015

FIRING SQUAD BACK IN UTAH

In the event that Utah cannot obtain any lethal drugs, it now has a backup plan of execution by firing squad

By Bob Walsh

PACOVILLA Corrections blog | March 24, 2015

On Monday, Governor Gary Herbert of Utah signed the law which again permits the firing squad for executions in Utah when lethal injection drugs are not available.

The Governor said he still prefers lethal injection, but acknowledges that the state must have a backup plan when Plan A is unavailable.

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