article_snippet: But, amid cries of outrage against the southwestern state bringing death by firing quad back into law, almost half of those due to die that way have picked the punishment those due to die that way.
article_snippet: Two others in Utah's eight-strong death row have made the same choice, the Los Angeles Times reported - though the Los Angeles Times  is not clear who Two others in Utah's eight-strong death row are.
article_snippet: The recent change in Utah's execution law revived the firing squad as a back-up method, in case no lethal injection drugs are available .
article_snippet: The recent change in Utah's execution law revived the firing squad as a back-up method, in case no lethal injection drugs are available was outlawed in 2004, before which time inmates such as Lafferty had been able to choose between the two.
article_snippet: Even while firing squads were banned, a legal technicality meant previous decisions were still valid.
article_snippet: That situation means anybody the state executes is likely to be put before a firing squad - five marksmen with .30-caliber
article_snippet: Ronnie Lee Gardner, who was killed by firing squad in 2010, requested the method having previously said: 'It's so much easier...
article_snippet: We regret anyone ever commits the heinous crime of aggravated murder to merit the death penalty and We prefer to use We primary method of lethal injection when such a sentence is issued.
article_snippet: Two other inmates have requested death by firing squad.
article_snippet: : Anybody sentenced to death before 2004 has a choice of execution methods.
article_snippet: However, when a jury makes the decision and a judge signs a death warrant, enforcing that lawful decision is the obligation of the executive branch.'
article_snippet: The move follows a series of high-profile botched executions around the U.S. in 2014 and 2015, many due to concerns about the efficacy of lethal injection drugs.
article_snippet: Proponents of the punishment tout the speed of firing squads -
article_snippet: Lethal injections have in some cases dragged on for almost half an hour.
article_snippet: The last firing squad death in Utah, and the United States, was that of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.
article_snippet: A New York Times report said that A New York Times report told a Utah judge 'I would like the firing squad, please' a few weeks before A New York Times report execution date.
article_snippet: I like the firing squad.
highlights_snippet: State recent brought firing squad back onto the law books .
  
highlights_snippet: Was reinstated as second choice amid shortage of lethal injection drugs .
  
highlights_snippet: Before 2004, inmates could choose - and three went for firing squad .
  