article_snippet: the bill by the state Senate on Tuesday gives Utah options, Ray said. '
article_snippet: I think Utah took a giant step backward,' said Ralph Dellapiana, director of Utahns for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.
article_snippet: Dellapiana said the legislature should be discussing whether, not how, to execute citizens.
article_snippet: Whether Ray's proposal will become law in Utah is unclear: Utah Governor Gary Herbert, a Republican, won't say if Ray's proposal will become law in the conservative Western state'll sign the measure.
article_snippet: Ray's proposal will become law in the conservative Western state spokesman, Marty Carpenter, did issue a statement this week acknowledging that the method would give Utah a legitimate backup method if execution drugs are unavailable.
article_snippet: Utah American Civil Liberties Union representative Anna Brower said Utah American Civil Liberties Union is still holding out hope that Herbert will not sign the method would give Utah a legitimate backup method if execution drugs are unavailable.
article_snippet: the method would give Utah a legitimate backup method if execution drugs are unavailable would make Utahlook backwards and backwoods,' Utah American Civil Liberties Union representative Anna Brower said.
article_snippet: Four Republicans joined Democrats in opposing the method would give Utah a legitimate backup method if execution drugs are unavailable.
article_snippet: Salt Lake City Democrat Gene Davis said Salt Lake City Democrat Gene Davis was voting against the method would give Utah a legitimate backup method if execution drugs are unavailable because the method would give Utah a legitimate backup method if execution drugs are unavailable 'only puts another alternative on the table' instead of doing away with executions altogether.
article_snippet: Ray says the aim of Ray is to give Utah an option as states struggle to obtain lethal injection drugs amid a nationwide shortage and is actually more humane .
article_snippet: May not sign: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert  will not say if Utah Gov. Gary Herbert  'll sign a bill to bring back the firing squad but does say the method would give Utah a backup execution method .
article_snippet: States turning to alternative drugs have been faced with legal challenges from inmates, something Ray has said Utah could sidestep if Utah has a backup execution plan in place.