Convicted killer will be executed by firing squad

[ericire12]

I shold have put this thread in "Tactical rifle and cabine" 

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/24/us/24death.html?src=mv

For decades, Utah let condemned prisoners choose whether to die by hanging or the firing squad, then more recently between lethal injection and the firing squad. In 2004, the Legislature ended the practice, making lethal injections standard. But to avoid legal complications, the state has allowed pre-existing prisoners who had selected the firing squad to remain with that option if they want.

Mr. Gardner picked the firing squad at the time of his initial death sentence in 1985. In two later court appearances he seemed to have had a change of heart, switching his choice to lethal injection. But in 1996 — the same year that the last prisoner in Utah, and the country, was executed with bullets — he said he had switched only out of concern for his children, who were then young, and that he had always preferred death by gunfire.

“I like the firing squad,” he told The Deseret News at the time. “It’s so much easier ... and there’s no mistakes.”

[m25operator]

4 words, aim small, miss small

[fightingquaker13]

4 words, aim small, miss small

Or aim medium low miss medium low. Hey, its the last one, may as well let the officer in charge use his pistol.
FQ13 who is going straight to hell

[tombogan03884]

Relax FQ, The Coup de Gras is fired no matter the results of the rifle fire.

[Timothy]

Save a few rounds for the lawyers that let this POS sit on death row for 25 years.

One appeal, lose and die within 24 hours.  Think of all the money saved...

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[twyacht]

Who was it,....Gillmore, portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the Executioners Song....

"I prefer to be shot"....

No problem....

Will they still utilize 1 live rds. and blanks in the rest. loaded randomly by the Chief?

I was just wondering.

[tt11758]

Who was it,....Gillmore, portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones in the Executioners Song....

"I prefer to be shot"....

No problem....

Will they still utilize 1 live rds. and blanks in the rest. loaded randomly by the Chief?

I was just wondering.

Most likely.  That way all of the riflemen can ASSUME they were NOT "the one".

[fightingquaker13]

Point of correction. It was one blank, and the rest were live. Otherwise, you'd have to do the damn thing over a dozen times,because you know gomer would get the live round. The blank did have the "placebo" (eg BS I'm not responsible for my actions) effect. Everyone could delude themselves into thinking they weren't the one and go home and look their kids in the eye. To me, this is pure cowardice. The death penalty is like eating meat. If you aren't willing to pull the trigger/ flip the switch, you're anti-death penalty, nothing wrong with that. If you aren't willing to shoot and gut Bambi, stop eating burgers. Sorry, just a personal rant.
FQ13 Who is both moderately pro-death penalty and an unashamed carnivore

[ericire12]

FQ13 Who is both moderately pro-death penalty

A TRUE Libertarian would never want to give govt that power...... I'm just saying.

[TAB]

A TRUE Libertarian would never want to give govt that power...... I'm just saying.

FWIW, I've never meet a tru libertarian, I doubt if they even exist.