Utah still does this (Reply #6) - Democratic Underground

In the discussion thread: Trump trying to bring back firing squad executions. [View all]

Wed Nov 25, 2020, 11:26 AM

ornotna (10,293 posts)

6. Utah still does this

Gary Gillmore is the one that comes to mind first.

The last time a firing squad was used in the U.S. was in 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed in Utah for the 1984 murder of an attorney during a failed courthouse escape.

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9 replies	Author	Time	Post
Trump trying to bring back firing squad executions. [View all]	Marius25	Nov 2020	OP
We should test accuracy	North Shore Chicago	Nov 2020	#1
Someone should remind him of what happened to the Romanovs	DFW	Nov 2020	#2
+1000	smirkymonkey	Nov 2020	#4
He must have watched PBS "The Rise of the Nazis"	randr	Nov 2020	#3
He must of watched the war criminal hangings after the Nuremberg trials, they twitched for awhile	Baclava	Nov 2020	#5
Utah still does this	ornotna	Nov 2020	#6
I would rather be executed by firing squad than put to sleep like the family pet.	Buckeyeblue	Nov 2020	#7
Be careful what you ask for, you seditious sack of orange shit.	GoCubsGo	Nov 2020	#8
2000 Americans dying per day of Covid and this is what our leader is focused on?	Midnight Writer	Nov 2020	#9

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