I didn’t think it up...I just said what I’ve heard in the past. Could be wrong or right. Heck, for all I know it could be a rubber bullet or something.
You are correct.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/28/condemned-utah-killer-face-firing-squad/
Five corrections officers selected by the department to be executioners will be positioned behind a brick wall with a portal cut out.
“Five guns, four of them are loaded, one has blanks,” Gehrke told Fox 13. “And the call is made. When the whole process is ready, there is a hood placed over the condemned’s head.”
A patch with a target will be pinned to Gardner’s chest, and he will be given the chance to say his last words, as well as request a last meal prepared at the prison.