SALT LAKE CITY -- Lawmakers have passed a bill that would make Utah the only state to allow firing squads for carrying out a death penalty if there is a shortage of execution drugs. The passage of the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) – Utah – the only state in the past 40 years to carry out a death sentence by firing squad – is poised to bring back the Old West-style executions if the state cannot track down ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Utah death row inmate Ralph Menzies' execution by firing squad is just a month away. Utah's Board of Pardons and Parole will hold hearings next week to consider his request to commute ...

Utah is one of just five states that still allows the execution of criminals by firing squad — and if its last such killing in 2010 is any indication, Tyler Robinson could end up with a little paper ...

The chair used for firing squad executions is shown in the execution chamber at the Utah State Correctional Facility. (Courtesy of the Utah State Department of Corrections) As the days tick down to ...

Lawmakers stopped offering inmates the choice of firing squad in 2004, saying the method attracted intense media interest and took attention away from victims. Utah is the only state in the past 40 ...