Death penalty
A
controversial bill to bring back executions by firing squad,passed the
Republican-dominated Utah House on Friday, by a
39-34 vote. Utah requires a minimum of 38 votes to pass legislation through the
House, so the measure had just one vote to spare. The proposal would allow the
state to execute inmates by firing squad if the drug cocktail needed to perform
a lethal injection were unavailable at the time of a scheduled execution.
The bill’s sponsor, Rep. Bill
Ray (R-Clearfield), tried to steer the debate away from discussion of
whether the death penalty itself should be called into question.
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