Posted on 03/11/2015 8:31:45 PM PDT by PROCON
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A vote by Utah lawmakers to bring back executions by firing squad is the most dramatic illustration yet of the nationwide frustration over bungled executions and shortages of lethal-injection drugs.
Utah and several other states are scrambling to modify their laws on the heels of a botched Oklahoma lethal injection last year and one in Arizona in which the condemned man took nearly two hours to die. Meanwhile, Texas executed a Mexican mafia hit man Wednesday evening with its second-to-last dosage of drugs.
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What is the purpose of the sandbags?
Corrections officers are using four 30 Cal weapons. Things might fly around a bit. No mishaps so far. With the heart turned to jelly, the man lives for a very short time.
“Shoot straight, you bastards - Don’t make a mess of it!”
What was wrong with public hangings?
He was up until a couple of years ago, when another convict chose firing squad instead of injection.
Great last words!
Nope. Ronnie Lee Gardner was dispatched on June 18, 2010. Five rifles, four bullets.
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