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Jun 18, 2010 · Utah. US domestic policy. Ed Pilkington describes the execution of convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad. He was the first American in 14 years to be put to death by this...
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- Ed Pilkington,Rachel Stevenson
Mar 24, 2015 · JUDY WOODRUFF: Executions by firing squad are back on the books in Utah. Governor Gary Herbert signed a law that authorizes the method if lethal injection drugs are unavailable. The move...
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- PBS NewsHour
On April 15, 2022, Moore chose to be executed by firing squad instead of the electric chair, however, his execution was later stayed by the South Carolina Supreme Court. As of 2024, Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah use the firing squad for the death penalty.
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But when Utah executed a Death Row inmate by firing squad four decades ago, citizens felt very differently about it. In 1976, when Gary Mark Gilmore was sentenced to death by firing...