Utah has the death penalty, which is legal and applied only for cases of aggravated murder. The primary method of execution in Utah is lethal injection. However, firing squad is also a legal alternative method of execution under Utah law. The firing squad option is available if an inmate sentenced before 2004 affirmatively chose it, or if the state cannot obtain the necessary drugs for lethal injection within 30 days of the scheduled execution for inmates sentenced after 2004. Utah was the first state to execute someone after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976, famously using the firing squad.
Aggravated murder, the only capital crime subject to the death penalty, includes murders under particularly serious circumstances such as multiple victims, killing for hire, killing a child under 14, or killing a law enforcement officer, among others.
Executions take place at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City under protocols respecting professional ethics that limit participation of healthcare workers.
In summary, Utah has a bifurcated death penalty system with lethal injection as the main execution method, but maintains firing squad as a lawful secondary option under specific conditions.