staff who had participated in the execution. Eight hours after Taylor's execution, Utah State Representative Sheryl Allen first introduced a bill to eliminate the firing squad, and later succeeded in passing HB180, which removed the right of the condemned to choose their method of execution after February 2004. See also Capital punishment in the United States Capital punishment in Utah List of people executed in Utah Opposition to capital punishment in the United States References External links 1996: John Albert Taylor at Executed Today January 26, 1996 – John Albert Taylor at Execution of the Day 1959 births 1996 deaths American murderers of children American people convicted of burglary American people convicted of murder American people convicted of child sexual abuse American rapists Deaths by firearm in Utah People convicted of murder by Utah People executed by Utah by firing squad 20th-century executions by Utah People executed for murder People from Ogden, Utah 20th-century executions of American people Executed people from Utah 1989 murders in the United States