Ten years after banning the use of firing squads in state executions, Utah lawmakers on Wednesday endorsed a proposal to allow the practice again to avoid problems with lethal-injection drugs, The ...

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 ...

South Carolina's execution of Stephen Bryant has reignited debate over the use of the firing squad, which is authorized in five U.S. states, and has been used historically as an instrument of fear and ...

As Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced that the state prosecutors will be seeking the death penalty for Tyler Robinson, the accused of Charlie Kirk's assassination, questions are being raised as ...

Utah's governor said he is "leaning towards" signing a bill that would make firing squad the method of execution if the state can't come up with the drugs for lethal injections. State lawmakers ...

Death had its way at the Utah State Capitol on Friday when the House of Representatives narrowly voted to reinstate the firing squad as a preferred method to kill Utah's... Death had its way at the ...

Within hours of the assassination of Charlie Kirk last week, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox began talking about pursuing the death penalty in the case. President Trump expressed his support for the move early ...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of apparent natural causes, according to the state’s ...

The impending execution of a man by firing squad in Utah was blocked by the state’s Supreme Court on Friday after his attorneys argued he should be spared because he has dementia. Ralph Leroy Menzies, ...