Utah governor signs bill reinstating firing squad for capital offenses

“When a jury makes the decision and a judge signs a death warrant, enforcing that lawful decision is the obligation of the executive branch,” Carpenter said.

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Foreign manufacturers of drugs used in lethal injections have tried to block their use for executions in the United States. Some states that tried their own deadly cocktails instead have botched excutions, with inmates sometimes taking hours to die.

Not vetoing the bill “is definitely a missed opportunity” to “stop putting people to death here in this state,” said Karen McCreary, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah. She called the death penalty “very brutal.”

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