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To: Colofornian
Thirty-five states allow the death penalty, but death by firing squad remains an option only in Utah... Utah historian Will Bagley says the reason this method of execution exists is rooted in Utah's history as a Mormon sanctuary. “I think we need to be honest about it. We have the last firing squads in the country as a legacy of Mormon theology,” Bagley says
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I think Oklahoma has firing squads too!

41 posted on 06/17/2010 7:06:04 PM PDT by 23 Everest (Zero, Glittering Jewel of Colossal Ignorance. Day 59)
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To: 23 Everest

Only if the other methods are deemed unconstitutional.

See post #43


45 posted on 06/17/2010 7:08:45 PM PDT by reaganaut (The LDS church doesn't PRAY FOR the weak, they PREY ON them.)
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