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Utah Provides Execution Information to Inmate

By Steve Hall

"Condemned killer to get info on execution methods," is the title of Pamela Manson's report in today's Salt Lake Tribune.If a warrant of execution is issued next week as expected, condemned inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner will have the choice of dying by firing squad or by lethal injection. And to help him decide, the Utah Department of Corrections has agreed to release general information about the execution methods to Gardner's lawyers.At a hearing Monday, DOC attorney Sharel Reber told 3rd District Judge Robin Reese that the relevant documents will detail the training and expertise of the execution team. The identity of the team members and other information affecting security will not be included, Reber said.In addition, Gardner's lawyer, Andrew Parnes, has agreed to relay the information to Gardner, but will not show the documents to him or other inmates...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on April 06, 2010 (boomark / email).