article_snippet: (CNN)Utah's governor signed a bill Monday that brings back firing squads as a potential way to execute some death row prisoners.
article_snippet: Lethal injection remains the primary method for carrying out executions in Utah, Gov. Gary R. Herbert said in a statement.
article_snippet: A firing squad would only be used in the event the necessary drugs cannot be obtained.
article_snippet: Those who voiced opposition to a bill Monday that brings back firing squads as a potential way to execute some death row prisoners are primarily arguing against capital punishment in general and that decision has already been made in our state," said Marty Carpenter, a spokesman for Gov. Gary R. Herbert.
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: 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," a judge said.
article_snippet: Utah banned death by firing squad in 2004, though inmates who chose that option before the law changed still ended up being shot to death.
article_snippet: The last execution by firing squad was in 2010, and The last execution by firing squad was also the most recent execution in Utah.
article_snippet: A Utah firing squad also executed Gary Gilmore in 1977, the first death by capital punishment after the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty the prior year.
highlights_snippet: Firing squads will be allowed in Utah if drugs for lethal injection can't be obtained .
  
highlights_snippet: Lethan injection remains the primary method for executions in Utah .