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  • Execution By Firing Squad Will Be First In 14 Years [Mormon - Open]

    06/17/2010 6:28:06 PM PDT · by Colofornian · 366 replies · 2,140+ views
    NPR ^ | June 17, 2010 | Jenny Brundin
    Utah death-row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner is set to be executed by a firing squad on Friday. Thirty-five states allow the death penalty, but death by firing squad remains an option only in Utah. SNIP Every detail of April 2, 1985, is burned into her memory. Gardner was in court on a murder charge when he tried to escape. An accomplice slipped him a gun, and he shot and killed an attorney and also severely wounded George "Nick" Kirk, who was a bailiff. Kirk didn't die, but VelDean Kirk says he wasn't the same active, cheerful man anymore. She says...