77-18-5.5 - Judgment of death -- Method is lethal injection -- Exceptions for use of firing squad.
77-18-5.5. Judgment of death -- Method is lethal injection -- Exceptions for use offiring squad.
(1) When a defendant is convicted of a capital felony and the judgment of death has beenimposed, lethal intravenous injection is the method of execution.
(2) Subsection (1) applies to any defendant sentenced to death on or after May 3, 2004.
(3) If a court holds that a defendant has a right to be executed by a firing squad, themethod of execution for that defendant shall be a firing squad. This Subsection (3) applies to anydefendant whose right to be executed by a firing squad is preserved by that judgment.
(4) (a) If a court holds that execution by lethal injection is unconstitutional on its face,the method of execution shall be a firing squad.
(b) If a court holds that execution by lethal injection is unconstitutional as applied, themethod of execution for that defendant shall be a firing squad.
Amended by Chapter 51, 2004 General Session