Utah firing squad execution for Ronnie Lee Gardner

[The Dragon Master]

The US has carried out its first execution by firing squad in 14 years.



Convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner, who had spent 25 years on death row, was executed soon after midnight local time (0600 GMT), after a final appeal had been rejected.



Gardner, 49, chose the firing squad before Utah banned the method in 2004. Critics say it is barbaric, harking back to the Wild West.



Gardner was only the third man put to death in that way in the US since 1976.



He was convicted in 1985 of fatally shooting a lawyer during an attempt to escape from a court where he was facing another murder charge dating from 1984.



Full story & link: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/us_and_canada/10347166.stm

 

[DrLeftover]

Since he shot a lawyer.... ......



well....

 

[Nebulous]

firing squad? Sounds like something out of a movie..

 

[Sam.]

firing squad? Sounds like something out of a movie..

It's an interesting way of execution - a whole line of people point their guns at this one person, but only one or two of the guns are loaded. That way, you don't know who killed them and there's no guilt afterwards.

 

[Raven]

I didn't know the firing sqaud was still used.



Good I say, Rid of another murder.

 

[Kasynlie]

It's an interesting way of execution - a whole line of people point their guns at this one person, but only one or two of the guns are loaded. That way, you don't know who killed them and there's no guilt afterwards.

I think I would rather know that I put a bullet in someone than be questioning whether or not I did for the rest of my life.

 

[Nebulous]

[quote name='Sam!']It's an interesting way of execution - a whole line of people point their guns at this one person, but only one or two of the guns are loaded. That way, you don't know who killed them and there's no guilt afterwards.

I think I would rather know that I put a bullet in someone than be questioning whether or not I did for the rest of my life.[/quote]



Same here.