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Utah Firing Squad Execution Set for June 18

By Steve Hall

"Gardner to die by firing squad on June 18," by Pamela Manson is posted at the Salt Lake Tribune.A state judge on Friday signed a warrant ordering that Ronnie Lee Gardner be put to death on June 18, setting the stage for Utah's first execution in more than a decade.The condemned man chose firing squad over lethal injection as the way he will die. Department of Corrections officials will choose the time of the execution, which will take place at the Utah State Prison in Draper.Third District Judge Robin Reese signed the warrant, saying, "The defendant has exhausted all his legal remedies.""It's my conclusion not to second-guess the courts or undertake an independent review," he said.Reese then said he assumed Gardner would want the method of execution he had chosen previously, to which Gardner, who appeared in court shackled and under heavy guard, said, "I would like the firing squad, please...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 23, 2010 (boomark / email).