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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.
Jun 18, 2010 · BBC News. After a last-minute stay of execution was refused, five anonymous marksmen bearing rifles took their places late on Thursday in a prison room to carry out the request of death row inmate...
Jun 19, 2010 · The convicted killer, Ronnie Lee Gardner, who had spent almost 25 years on death row, was pronounced dead after four bullets there were five rifles in the firing squad, but one was loaded with ...
Jul 21, 2024 · The scheduled Aug. 8 execution would be Utah's first since Ronnie Lee Gardner was killed by firing squad in 2010, according to the state Department of Corrections.
Apr 23, 2010 · Ronnie Lee Gardner told a Utah judge he preferred death by firing squad over lethal injection 25 years after he was sentenced to death for killing a man.
Apr 23, 2010 · Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, was given the choice of being killed by lethal injection or shot by a five-man team of executioners firing from a set of matched rifles — a...
Jun 11, 2024 · It’s the first public execution in Utah since Ronnie Lee Gardner was killed by firing squad in 2010, according to Utah Department of Corrections spokesperson Glen Mills.
May 3, 2010 · SALT LAKE CITY (CBS/AP) After 25 years on death row, Ronnie Lee Gardner's execution date has been set for June 18. And now the Utah Department of Corrections has released new details as to...
Jul 20, 2024 · Utah has put to death seven people since it resumed executions in 1977, four of them by lethal injection. The other three were by firing squad, including the most recent execution in Utah, when ...
4 days ago · Utah has not had an execution since Ronnie Lee Gardner was put to death by firing squad in 2010. Honie is one of six people awaiting execution in the state.
