State Arboretum of Utah State Arboretum of Utah The State Arboretum of Utah () is an arboretum located across the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, as well as on an additional site () at the Red Butte Garden and Arboretum. The campus grounds and the Red Butte Garden are open to the public every day. The conservatory is open by appointment only. The State Arboretum was established in 1961. It now contains over 8,000 trees (300 species and varieties, including over 40 taxa of conifers), and what is claimed to be the largest Russian Olive ("Elaeagnus angustifolia") collection
Capital punishment in Utah execution in Utah took place on March 30, 1960.In 1967, when the moratorium went into effect, Utah was the only remaining state to allow death row inmates to choose between firing squad and hanging. Utah attempted to reintroduce death penalty statutes during the moratorium but they were struck down by the 1972 United States Supreme Court decision in the case "Furman v. Georgia". The state formally reinstated capital punishment on January 7, 1973, and the new death penalty statutes were approved by the United States Supreme Court with the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976. The reinstatement allowed Utah to