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Inmate slated to die by firing squad asks Utah Supreme Court to halt execution
FOX 13 News ^ | January 11. 2018

Posted on 01/11/2018 12:39:56 PM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

A man who has spent decades on death row for the kidnapping, torture and murder of a southern Utah student is asking the state's top court to halt his execution.

In a hearing before the Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday, attorneys for Michael Anthony Archuleta argued that he is intellectually disabled. Archuleta is facing execution for the 1988 torture killing of Gordon Church.

Archuleta, now 55, was sentenced to die for the gruesome murder of Church, who was at the time a Southern Utah State College student. Church, 28, was shocked with a car battery, raped with a tire iron and his body dumped in Millard County. Some have suggested the killing was a hate crime because Church had revealed to them he was gay.

Archuleta and Lance Conway Wood, who were both out on parole at the time, were convicted of the crimes. Wood was sentenced to life in prison; Archuleta was sentenced to death.

The Utah Dept. of Corrections has previously told FOX 13 it does not have the chemicals necessary to carry out a lethal injection execution, so firing squad becomes the default method.

(Excerpt) Read more at wthitv.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Utah
KEYWORDS: banglist
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I encourage states to at a minimum have the firing squad as an alternative on their books.


41 posted on 01/11/2018 1:30:50 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy (Liberals have become moralistic, dogmatic, sententious, self-righteous, pinch-faced prudes.)
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To: Charles H. (The_r0nin)

Also, has the drug been approved for use on humans by the FDA? Have tests been done? Side effects? Long-term consequences on health?


42 posted on 01/11/2018 1:34:06 PM PST by hanamizu
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Firing squad members are LEO who are chosen from list of those indicating want to participate

Its said for some particularly notorious prisoner some
of the members will “aim off” - aim to side of target pinned on prisoner so gets to suffer ......


43 posted on 01/11/2018 1:39:04 PM PST by njslim
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To: Red Badger

A water tank with an externally sealed hatch. Guaranteed.
(Do it with a garbage can and hose for vermin in a trap.)


44 posted on 01/11/2018 1:43:05 PM PST by polymuser (Its terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged today. - Chesterton)
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To: butlerweave

“Any last words? BTW, what caused thousands of California homes to burn?”
“Fire?”
BOOM!


45 posted on 01/11/2018 1:51:30 PM PST by alstewartfan (If you should leave me now A sudden wind will blow your mansion down. Al Stewart)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Having watched film clips at different times of shooting executions taking place in WWII, I think firing squad would be my preferred choice for execution.


46 posted on 01/11/2018 1:53:19 PM PST by RatRipper (Unindicted co-conspirators: the Mainstream Media and the Democratic Party)
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To: Reily

I’d prefer borrowing Kim’s starving dogs for this guy.


47 posted on 01/11/2018 1:56:02 PM PST by Chewbarkah
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To: Chewbarkah

That’ll work!


48 posted on 01/11/2018 1:58:47 PM PST by Reily
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To: lexington minuteman 1775
Hanging worked pretty good back in the day........

But bullets to the heart work better.......

Drowning..would be better...

Or tied/chained/lashed to a post in any desolate area of the country....would suit me.

I'll give no quarter to these people that do these things..............

The animals that killed, raped and tortured those kids up in Wichita, KS...many years ago...are still breathing.

49 posted on 01/11/2018 1:59:31 PM PST by Osage Orange (Watch your six.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There used to be a guy on the radio here in Phoenix (I can’t think of his name right now), and before Arizona executed someone, he would read official court documents detailing the crime. Many of them were quite brutal, and you came away from thinking: Yeah, kill ‘em.


50 posted on 01/11/2018 2:03:15 PM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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To: JPG

Popcorn?


51 posted on 01/11/2018 2:13:04 PM PST by Vehmgericht ( stop)
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To: Navy Patriot

“Utah should allow law abiding citizens the chance to bid for a spot on the firing squad.”

Citizens were begging for a slot on the rifle team for Gary Gilmore. Would have to check but I think Model 94’s were used. Need to start cranking these things up...would be lots of volunteers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore


52 posted on 01/11/2018 2:13:35 PM PST by Bonemaker
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Got a friend in UT corrections who was an insider on the firing squad op.

From bang to haul-off in a van is done fast. A couple of minutes later the press is allowed in, and all there is is a chair with a ragged hole in the back. Slick as a snail’s tail.


53 posted on 01/11/2018 6:55:10 PM PST by lurk
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To: BlueLancer

Any last words?

Yeah, let me go!

(hey, it’s worth a try)


54 posted on 01/11/2018 7:07:56 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: AndyTheBear

They are just lucky they don’t get me to do it.

1: Wrists and ankles tied to chair.
2: Hypodermic filled with battery acid.
3: Injection with same.
4: Wait 20 seconds.
5: Cut’em loose and watch’em bounce.


55 posted on 01/11/2018 7:14:44 PM PST by 5th MEB (Progressives in the open; --- FIRE FOR EFFECT!!)
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To: 5th MEB

Sounds...

Delightful!


56 posted on 01/12/2018 5:30:50 AM PST by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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To: Leaning Right

You’re bad.


57 posted on 01/12/2018 7:40:52 AM PST by nikos1121 (Tax cuts should be retro-active to January 1, 2017!!!!)
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