Utah

As of November 13, 2025, firing-squad execution is legally available in Utah, Idaho, and South Carolina and is authorized as a backup execution method if other methods are unavailable in Oklahoma and Mississippi; the electric chair also remains a legal execution option in several U.S. states including South Carolina.

Arkansas, Tennessee, and Utah have laws requiring public schools to teach elementary, middle, and high school students basic gun-safety principles, including guidance on proper firearm storage, and those lessons can be provided to children as young as five.

Some state firearm-safety-in-schools laws include parental opt-out or alternative-curriculum provisions; for example, Utah's law permits parental opt-out of the school lesson and Arkansas's law permits parents to opt into alternative off-campus firearm-safety courses that could include live firearms.

Aggravated murder charges in Utah can carry the death penalty.

In Utah, preliminary hearings in cases involving serious felonies can be delayed for months and sometimes up to a year.

In Utah, an aggravated murder charge can carry the death penalty.

Remnants of tropical storms moving inland can produce heavy rainfall across the southwestern United States, including California, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico.

The U.S. state of Utah is divided into four congressional districts for representation in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In 2018, Utah's initiative to clear a backlog of DNA rape kits resulted in the identification and charging of thousands of rape suspects.

A 2018 Utah ballot measure approved by voters reformed the state's redistricting standards to prohibit drawing electoral districts to favor a political party.

Prior to South Carolina's 2025 firing squad executions, only three prisoners in the United States had been executed by firing squad since 1977; all of those executions occurred in Utah, and the most recent of them was Ronnie Gardner in 2010.

Since 1977, only three prisoners in the United States, all in Utah, have been executed by firing squad.

Since 1977, only three U.S. prisoners outside South Carolina have been executed by firing squad; all of those executions were in Utah, most recently Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has more than 17 million members worldwide.

State-led efforts to test and clear backlogs of untested rape kits can identify and lead to charges against large numbers of previously untested rape suspects; Utah's clearance effort identified and led to charges against thousands of rape suspects.