Posted on 06/17/2010 9:44:19 AM PDT by Second Amendment First
Instant relaxation.
Ahhh...the doctrine of blood atonement lives in Utah.
Blood atonement ping!
Hoorors...
How Brigham Young would be dancing if he could...
Sad thing is Gardner believes that this will pay for his sins. That his own blood must be shed so he can ‘progress’ in the afterlife.
Its such an evil deceptive doctrine...
I’d feel sorry for him if he wasnt such a criminal..
What about the alcohol swab before inserting the injection needles?
In "Fear No Evil," Natan Shironsky wrote about a common joke among political prisoners in the Soviet Gulags.
If you antagonized the interogators, they would deny you the iodine swab on your forehead before your execution by gun shot.
Why would denial of the iodine swab concern you?
The highly efficient Soviet Union always applied iodine to the the condemned prisoner's head to prevent infection.
SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Supreme Court has denied Ronnie Lee Gardner’s request for a stay of execution.
31 minutes ago
What?! No URL for the live video web feed?!?! This is 2010, they need to expand the “viewing room” to at least the whole state of Utah!
Utah AG Press Conf. Bump!
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/utah-attorney-general#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://www.attorneygeneral.utah.gov/live.html&medium=105785
KSL coverage: (top right for audio/video links)
http://www.ksl.com/index.php
He was executed shortly after 12:00 am, as reported on the webpage previously cited in your post.
I thought so, too - but the article said .30-30, unless the author didn't understand gun-speak and mis-interpreted what he was told.
What I’ve been able to find out on the internet is that they may well have used the venerable Winchester 94 in 30-30, a very thoughtful, historic touch.
They wouldn’t want to send someone to Hell with an infection.
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