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Utah Execution: Its the years, not the bullets, that make it cruel

By Jonathan Simor

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If Utah proceeds to execute Ronnie Lee Gardner on June 18th, as an execution warrant signed by a Utah court ordered yesterday, there will probably be a great deal more media attention and possibly criticism,than usually attends executions in Utah. That is because Gardner yesterday affirmed his choice to die by firing squad rather than lethal injection. According to Erik Ecklholm's reporting in the New York Times, the two previous Utah executions by firing squad have drawn extensive attention, especially from international media, who find in the firing squad an irresistible image of American penal backwardness. The event attracted hordes of reporters who often, to the chagrin of Utah officials, invoked images of raw, frontier justice. Mr. Gardner?s execution, if and when it occurs, appears certain to attract similar worldwide attention...continue to full post

Full post as published by Governing Through Crime on April 24, 2010 (boomark / email).

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