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Utah Brings Back Firing Squads As Lethal Injection Drugs Remain Scarce

The firing squad execution chamber at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, is shown in June 2010. Utah's governor has signed a law that makes his state the only one allowing firing squads for carrying out executions if no lethal injection drugs are available. Oklahoma would allow them if lethal injections and electrocutions are declared unconstitutional. (AP)
The firing squad execution chamber at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, is shown in June 2010. Utah's governor has signed a law that makes his state the only one allowing firing squads for carrying out executions if no lethal injection drugs are available. Oklahoma would allow them if lethal injections and electrocutions are declared unconstitutional. (AP)

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