article_snippet: There are two slits for the marksmen cut into a wall, through which they aim they rifles.
article_snippet: Observation windows — protected by bulletproof glass — line the side walls of the square chamber.
article_snippet: Screwed to a raised platform 25ft from the shooters' wall, a chair is flanked by sandbags to absorb blood and prevent ricochets.
article_snippet: Behind a chair is thick wooden panelling to stop the bullets.
article_snippet: Unseen by the condemned, or the victim's relatives and media representatives witnessing the execution on either flank, the squad of marksmen file in to take up position behind the wall facing the squad of marksmen target.
article_snippet: Each officer is given an identical .30 calibre Winchester rifle, loaded with a single round.
article_snippet: Following a Utah tradition which means no marksman knows whether no marksman has fired a lethal shot, one of the rifles contains a blank round made of wax.
article_snippet: More ammunition is on hand if a second volley is needed.
highlights_snippet: Sandbags are used to absorb blood splatter and wood panel halts bullets .