Utah
Utah has conducted at least 51 executions since 1850 (only 7 since 1960, 3 by firing squad). There are currently 9 men on Utah's death row confined at the Utah State Prison in Draper, (there are currently no women on Utah's death row);Utah's executions are also conducted there. The current method of executions is lethal injection, but those who chose firing squad at sentencing prior to its abolition on May 3, 2004 are marked with an *; it may also be used if an inmate has overturned lethal injection. The most recent execution was Ronnie Lee Gardner* by firing squad on June 18, 2010.
Name | Description of crime | Date sentenced | Other |
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Michael Anthony Archuleta | Murder by torture of a Cedar Canyon man on November 21, 1988 | December 21, 1989 | |
Douglas Stewart Carter | Murder by stabbing and shooting of an elderly woman during a burglary of her Provo home on February 27, 1985 | December 27, 1985 | |
Taberone Dave Honie* | Murder and sexual assault of his ex-girlfriend's mother on July 9, 1998 | May 20, 1999 | |
Troy Michael Kell* | Murder by stabbing of an inmate on July 6, 1994 | August 8, 1996 | |
Ronald Watson Lafferty* | Murder by stabbing of his sister-in-law and infant niece in American Fork on July 24, 1984 | May 7, 1985 | |
Douglas Anderson Lovell | Murder of a South Ogden rape victim before she could testify against him in his trial on that charge. | August 5, 1993 | Utah Supreme Court decision in 2010, Utah case No. 20030262 Utah v. Lovell allowed his 1993 request to withdraw his original guilty plea |
Floyd Eugene Maestas | Sexual assault and murder by stabbing, strangulation, beating, and stomping of an elderly woman on September 28, 2004 | February 6, 2008 | |
Ralph Leroy Menzies* | Kidnapping and murder by strangulation of a female gas station attendant in Kearns on February 23, 1986 | March 23, 1988 | |
Von Lester Taylor | Murder of a woman and her mother near Beaver Springs, attempted murder by shooting and arson of the younger woman's husband, and kidnapping of the two daughters of the man and younger woman on December 14, 1990 | May 24, 1991 |
Read more about this topic: List Of United States Death Row Inmates