Wyoming Lawmakers Push For Firing Squad: Several Wyoming senators say the time has come for the state to bring back the firing squad as a method of execution as an alternative or backup to lethal injection.  Cheryl K. Chumley of the Washington Times reports that the firing squad suggestion comes at a time when several pharmaceutical companies have scaled back or completely eliminated the production of lethal injection drugs due to pressures from anti-death penalty groups.  Utah offers the option of using a firing squad for inmates who are already on the state's death row, but not for those who have just been sentenced to death.

GA To Execute Convicted Killer: A Georgia man convicted of murdering an inmate more than two decades ago is set to be executed Tuesday evening.  Kate Brumback of the Associated Press reports that 54-year-old Warren Lee Hill was already serving a life sentence for the murder of his girlfriend when he beat a fellow inmate to death in 1990.  If the execution is carried out as scheduled, Hill will become the second death row inmate executed by the state of Georgia so far this year.

Bill Increases Penalties For Crimes Against Children: A New Mexico lawmaker is gathering support for a bill that would increase penalties for people convicted of sex crimes against children and make it easier to prosecute them.  The Associated Press reports that the bill would increase prison time from 6 to 15 years for those convicted of coercing children between the ages of 13-18 to submit to sexual penetration.  The bill would also change the definition of the crime by excluding a requirement that the victim must have suffered a 'personal injury' such as pregnancy, chronic pain, or mental anguish.