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Ronnie Lee Gardner (January 16, 1961 – June 18, 2010) was an American criminal who received the death penalty for killing a man during an attempted escape from a courthouse in 1985, and was executed by a firing squad by the state of Utah in 2010.
Dec 8, 2021 · The 35-year-old, an abused child who spent much of his life in prison, not only accepted his fate—he chose to die by firing squad. The decision made Gilmore the first person to be executed in the United States since the Supreme Court struck down the death penalty in 1972.
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.
Jun 29, 2014 · Gary Gilmore was a notorious murderer who chose to be shot by a volunteer firing squad in 1977. His case sparked a debate over the death penalty and inspired a book and a movie by Norman Mailer.
Apr 15, 2022 · 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.”
Mar 12, 2015 · In 1976, when Gary Mark Gilmore was sentenced to death by firing squad, TIME reported that dozens of men were calling the Utah state prison warden asking to be one of the shooters.
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.
