Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  (CNN) He pire e whakaaetia ai a Utah ki te whakamahi i ngā tira whakawātea ki te whakamate i ētahi herehere mate, i whakaaetia i roto i te Rūnanga Kaunihera i te Turei. Ko te mehua, i paahitia e 18 ki te 10, ka tukuna ki te Kawana a Gary Herbert, kaore ano ia kia kii mena ka hainahia e ia hei ture, ka aukati ranei i te pire. I tukuna e Herbert he korero mo te ture, ka taapirihia te mate e te roopu pupuhi hei whiringa i roto i te kawanatanga e whakamahi ana i te werohanga whakamate. "E mārama ana i roto i ta mātou ture ko te werohanga whakamate te tikanga e puta ai (he whakamate). Kāore mātou e hiahia ana ki te whakarerekē i tērā", i mea ia. Ka hoatu e te ture ki te kāwanatanga te kōwhiringa ki te whakamahi i tētahi tira tokorima-mema i roto i ngā take kāore i te wātea ngā rongoā e hiahiatia ana mō te werohanga whakamate i ngā rā 30 i mua i te rā i whakaritea mō te whakaekenga. "Ko ta tatou kawanatanga, pera me nga kawanatanga huri noa i te whenua, kei te tino uaua ki te tiki i nga mea e hiahiatia ana hei mahi i te werohanga whakamate. E whakapau kaha ana mātou ki te whai i ngā kōwhiringa katoa e tika ana, e tika ana hoki ki te whiwhi i aua matū hei whakarite, ina hiahiatia, kei te tū mātou ki te whakatinana i tēnei whiu tino nui mā te werohanga whakamate", te kī a te kāwana. E waru ngā tāngata kei runga i te rārangi mate o Utah. I whakakahoretia e Utah te whakamate i runga i te whakaekenga i te tau 2004, ahakoa ko nga herehere i whiriwhiri i taua whiringa i mua i te huringa o te ture ka mutu tonu te patu ki te mate. Ko te whakawakanga whakamutunga na te roopu pupuhi i te tau 2010, a koinei ano hoki te whakawakanga hou i Utah. I whakaekehia ano hoki e te roopu patu patu a Utah a Gary Gilmore i te 1977, te mate tuatahi na te whiu mate i muri i te whakaoranga o te Kooti Nui o Amerika i te whiu mate i te tau o mua. I ngā tau tata nei, i kaha ngā kāwanatanga ki te pupuri i te rerenga o ngā rongoā werohanga whakamate i te mea kua mutu ngā kaiwhakanao ki te whakaputa i ngā rongoā, ki te aukati rānei i te whakamahinga i roto i ngā whakamate. Kua tata te pau o te rongoā whakamate i Texas. Ko nga kaihanga Pākehā o te pentobarbital, he rongoā whakamomori, i tino whakakahoretia e nga whare herehere o U.S. te whakamahi i tana tarukino i roto i nga whakaekenga. Kua rapu ētahi kawanatanga i ngā whakakapi, i te whakamahi rānei i tētahi rongoā kotahi hei utu mo te huinga rongoā e toru. I te marama o Paenga-whāwhā, i whakamahia e Oklahoma te midazolam...
He kōwhiringa ngā kapa patu i Utah i mua i te whakakorenga i te tau 2004. Ka whakaaetia e te ture hou hei tikanga whakamate mēnā kāore he rongoā tika mō te werohanga whakamate. He maha nga kawanatanga kei te raru ki te whiwhi i nga raau taero.