The Utah faces a crisis in sourcing the drugs needed for lethal injections . U.S. is forming five-man firing squads for a return to execution by bullet . State leaders have approved a solution harking back to its Wild West past . It is the first state to re-sanction firing squads if drugs are not available . Prisoners are tied to a chair , with a target marking where their heart lies . Sandbags are used to absorb blood splatter and wood panel halts bullets .
The U.S. faces a crisis in sourcing the drugs needed for lethal injections . Utah is forming five-man firing squads for a return to execution by bullet . State leaders have approved a solution harking back to its Wild West past . It is the first state to re-sanction firing squads if drugs are not available . Prisoners are tied to a chair , with a target marking where their heart lies . Sandbags are used to absorb blood splatter and wood panel halts bullets .