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Capital punishment in Utah

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Utah.

Utah was the first state to resume executions after the 1972–1976 national moratorium on capital punishment ended with Gregg v. Georgia, when Gary Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977. Utah is one of only two states to have ever carried out executions by firing squad, and the only one to do so after the moratorium ended.

Legal process[edit]

When the prosecution seeks the death penalty, the sentence is decided by the jury and must be unanimous.


In case of a hung jury during the penalty phase of the trial, a life sentence is issued, even if a single juror opposed death (there is no retrial).[24]


The power of clemency with respect to death sentences belongs to the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, which consists of five members appointed by the governor with consent of the state senate. The governor can only grant a stay of execution not extending beyond the next session of the board.[25]

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List of people executed in Utah

List of death row inmates in Utah

Crime in Utah

. Utah State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.

Aggravated murder

. Utah State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.

Capital felony – Penalties

. Utah State Legislature. Retrieved on 2007-11-10.

Capital felony – Sentencing proceeding

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