Utah may reintroduce death by firing squad for state executions

A decade after banning the use of controversial firing squads to execute inmates, politicians in Utah are backing a proposal to re-introduce the practice in an attempt to avoid problems with lethal-injection drugs.

Following a 20 minutes discussion on Wednesday, an interim panel of Utah politicians approved the plan put forward by Republican Represenatative Paul Ray of Clearfield on a 9-2 vote.

Under the proposals, a firing squad would be used if officials could not obtain drugs used for lethal injections 30 days prior to the execution date ....http://www.independent.co.uk