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Utah House amends and passes bill removing condemned person’s choice of firing squad
Summary
After floor debate and a successful amendment to preserve alternative state methods if lethal injection is unavailable, the Utah House passed House Bill 180 (death-penalty provisions) by 57–15 and sent the amended measure to the Senate.
The Utah House on January 26 passed House Bill 180, a measure that removes the condemned prisoner’s ability to choose the firing squad and makes lethal injection the default method, sending the amended bill to the Senate by a vote of 57–15.
Representative Cheryl Allen, sponsor of HB180, told the chamber the bill “does remove from the perpetrator ... the right to choose the firing squad or lethal injection” and said the policy’s intent is to have the state, through statute, decide execution method rather than the condemned individual. Allen said the change is meant to focus attention on victims and avoid international media attention on execution method.
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