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     • When was the last execution by firing squad? Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed at Utah State Prison on June 18, 2010, for killing an attorney during a courthouse escape attempt. Gardner sat in a chair, sandbags around him and a target pinned over his heart.
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   Who was the last person to be executed by firing squad?

   • The last person to be executed by firing squad in the United States was Ronnie Lee Gardner, in 2010, who said he had chosen that method because there would be “no mistakes.”

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   Is there a firing squad execution in Utah?

   • The answer lies in Utah's past — it's the only state to carry out such an execution in the past four decades. The last time there was a firing squad execution in the U.S. was in Utah in 2010, after convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner chose to be executed that way. The last time was the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010.

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   How many people have been executed by firing squad?

   • Only three inmates in the United States have been executed by firing squad, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. The most recent was Ronnie Gardner in Utah in June 2010. There are 35 people on death row in South Carolina. CNN’s Elizabeth Wolfe and Andy Rose contributed to this report.

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   Can a prisoner be executed by a firing squad?

   • His execution would be the first under a new law, prompted by the state’s inability to find lethal injection drugs, that made electrocution the standard method but allowed prisoners to opt for a firing squad if they chose. Utah is the only state that has executed a prisoner by firing squad in modern times, most recently in 2010.

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3. www.cnn.com › 2022/04/20 › usFiring squad execution in South Carolina set for next week ...

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   Apr 21, 2022 · Jeffrey Motts was the last person executed in the state, having died by lethal injection in May 2011. The last death by electrocution was in June 2008 when James Reed was executed. Only...

4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Execution_by_firing_squadExecution by firing squad - Wikipedia

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   The last execution took place on 4 March 1947, as Francesco La Barbera, Giovanni Puleo and Giovanni D'Ignoti, sentenced to death on multiple accounts of robbery and murder, faced the firing squad at the range of Basse di Stura, near Turin.

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ronnie_Lee_GardnerRonnie Lee Gardner - Wikipedia

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   Gardner was executed on June 18, 2010, at 12:15 a.m. Mountain Daylight Time by a firing squad at Utah State Prison in Draper. He was placed in restraints on a black metal chair with a hood covering his head.

6. apnews.com › article › death-penalty-executionsWhy executions by firing squad may be coming back in the US

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   Mar 24, 2023 · WHEN WAS THE LAST EXECUTION BY FIRING SQUAD? Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed at Utah State Prison on June 18, 2010, for killing an attorney during a courthouse escape attempt. Gardner sat in a chair, sandbags around him and a target pinned over his heart.

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7. www.nytimes.com › 2022/04/15 › usSouth Carolina Prisoner Chooses to Be Executed by Firing Squad

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   Apr 15, 2022 · April 15, 2022. A condemned South Carolina man who was directed to choose between being executed by electrocution or firing squad has chosen to be shot, setting up what would be one of the...

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   Mar 24, 2023 · When was the last execution by firing squad? Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed at Utah State Prison on June 18, 2010, for killing an attorney during a courthouse escape attempt. Gardner sat in a...

10. www.npr.org › 2015/04/05 › 397672199Utah Brings Back Firing Squad Executions; Witnesses Recall ...

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    Apr 5, 2015 · Trent Nelson/AP. The last time was the execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010. He was put to death after the state abandoned the firing squad in 2004, but because he had been sentenced...