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A Utah Roundup

By Steve Hall

Ronnie Lee Gardner's execution is scheduled for Thursday morning, shortly after midnight; approximately 12 hours from now.CNN has "Inmate set to die by firing squad asks high court to stay execution," by Bill Mears.  A Utah death row inmate who would become only the third person to die by firing squad in 33 years appealed to the Supreme Court Wednesday, seeking a last-minute stay of execution. Ronnie Lee Gardner's lawyers filed the first of what are expected to be several appeals to the justices. He is scheduled to be put to death early Friday for the shooting death of attorney Michael Burdell during a botched escape attempt from custody in 1985 at a Salt Lake City, Utah, courthouse.Among the claims the 49-year-old prisoner raises in his appeals is that he has been a capital inmate too long...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on June 16, 2010 (boomark / email).