List of individuals executed in Utah
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Executions since 1976
A total of 6 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Utah since 1976. Utah is particularly notable in being the first state to execute a prisoner, Gary Gilmore, after the Supreme Court's Gregg v. Georgia decision validated the capital punishment statutes enacted in response to the 1972 Furman decision. Utah is also the only state to have used the firing squad. Recent changes to state law require that any future death row inmates be executed by lethal injection. Previously, the condemned had their choice between firing squad and lethal injection.
- Joseph M. Parsons, d. 15 October 1999 by lethal injection for the murder of Richard Ernest.
- John Albert Taylor, d. 27 January 1996 by firing squad for the murder of Charla Nicole King.
- William Andrews, d. 30 July 1992 by lethal injection for the murders of Stanley Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Naisbitt.
- Arthur Bishop, d. 10 June 1988 by lethal injection for the murders of Danny Davis and Alonzo Daniels.
- Dale Pierre Selby, d. 28 August 1987 by lethal injection for the murders of Stanley Walker, Michelle Ansley, and Carol Naisbitt.
- Gary Mark Gilmore, d. 17 January 1977 by firing squad for the murders of Ben Bushnell and Max David Jensen.
Other executions of note
Over 40 executions occurred in Utah and Utah territory before 1976.
- Joe Hill, d. 19 November 1915 by firing squad for the murders of John G. Morrison and his son Arling.
- Wallace Wilkerson d. May 16, 1879 in a botched firing squad.
- Eliseo J. Mares d. September 1951
- Barton Kay Kirkham, d. June 1958