{"id":38733,"date":"2025-09-16T22:37:12","date_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38733"},"modified":"2025-09-16T22:37:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-16T22:37:12","slug":"utahs-firing-squad-law-explained-as-tyler-robinsons-potential-fate-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=38733","title":{"rendered":"Utah\u2019s firing squad law explained as Tyler Robinson\u2019s potential fate revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Utah is one of just five states that still allows the execution of criminals by firing squad \u2014 and if its last such killing in 2010 is any indication, Tyler Robinson could end up with a little paper white target over his heart and shot by five law-enforcement volunteers with rifles.<\/p>\n

Unbeknownst to the executioners, one would fire a dummy bullet so they wouldn\u2019t know exactly who killed\u00a0Charlie Kirk\u2019s accused assassin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Utah is one of five states with the unusual execution method on its books, which it most recently used 15 years ago\u00a0on convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Beehive State is also one of only two states to put a convict to death by firing squad since the end of the nationwide moratorium in 1977. The other, South Carolina,\u00a0executed convicted double murderer Brad Sigmon<\/a>\u00a0by the method in March.<\/p>\n

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Charlie Kirk\u2019s alleged assassin, Tyler Robinson, 22, could face death by firing squad if convicted.AP<\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>However, the legal process now facing Robinson, 22, has some way to go before that point, as Utah does not regularly sentence prisoners to death \u2014 and those who are may spend decades on death row.<\/p>\n