The Washington Post: More than a decade after Utah scrapped the firing squad in most cases, lawmakers there approved a bill Tuesday that would make firing squads the state’s backup method of execution if lethal injection drugs cannot be obtained.
It is unclear whether this change will be approved, as a spokeswoman for Gov. Gary Herbert (R) would not say this week if he would sign the bill. But it means that Utah may be making a major change amid an ongoing shortage of lethal injection drugs, which has been cited by the bill’s sponsor in the past as a reason for the change.
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