The state of has reinstated the use of the as the method of  for prisoners on , eleven years after it was abolished. On Monday , the state's governor, signed into law legislation approving the firing squad as an alternative means of  if lethal injections are unavailable. Human rights activists have called the move "backward" and "brutalizing". Karen McCreary, executive director of the  of Utah said, "We believe all current methods of capital punishment violate the eighth amendment to the US constitution that outlaws cruel and unusual punishment, but this particular method, firing squad, seems very barbaric and something more associated with war".
The US state of Utah has reinstated the use of the as the method of execution for prisoners on , eleven years after it was abolished. On Monday , the state's governor, signed into law legislation approving the firing squad as an alternative means of capital punishment if lethal injections are unavailable. Human rights activists have called the move "backward" and "brutalizing". Karen McCreary, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah said, "We believe all current methods of capital punishment violate the eighth amendment to the US constitution that outlaws cruel and unusual punishment, but this particular method, firing squad, seems very barbaric and something more associated with war".
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