Capital punishment in Utah
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 The execution chamber in Utah State Prison. The platform to the left is used for lethal injection. The metal chair to the right is used for execution by firing squad. |
A total of seven individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Utah since the national moratorium was lifted in 1976. Utah is particularly notable in being the first state to execute a prisoner, Gary Gilmore, after the United States Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision validated the capital punishment statutes enacted in response to the 1972 Furman v. Georgia decision. Utah is also the only state besides Nevada to have used the firing squad, although executions of this type are authorized in Oklahoma for prisoners who successfully challenge the constitutionality of lethal injection and electrocution. Recent changes to state law require that any future death row inmates be executed by lethal injection; however, any prisoner who chose a firing squad before the law change will still have this option available. Only two people executed after 1977 have chosen the firing squad over the other available options - Gilmore and John Albert Taylor on January 21, 1996.Death Penalty Information Center</ref> Ronnie Lee Gardner, convicted of murdering Michael Burdell in 1985, was executed by firing squad on June 18, 2010, making him the third person since the reinstatment of capital punishment in Utah to be put to death in this manner.
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| Aggravated murder Aggravated murder le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_05028.htm - Web |
| Capital felony – Penalties Capital felony – Penalties le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_03022.htm - Web |
| Capital felony – Sentencing proceeding Capital felony – Sentencing proceeding le.utah.gov/~code/TITLE76/htm/76_03023.htm - Web |
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