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Utah Roundup

By Steve Hall

With the firing squad execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner, the death penalty is getting a great deal of attention in Utah.Earlier this morning, Jennifer Dobner posted, "Clemency decision expected from UT parole board," for AP, via Google News.A Utah parole board will decide Monday whether to grant clemency to a condemned Utah inmate scheduled to be executed by firing squad.The last time Utah granted clemency to a condemned man was in 1962.Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner's execution is set for Friday.At a two-day commutation hearing last week, the five-member Utah Board of Pardons and Parole heard nearly eight hours of testimony about Gardner's troubled life and history of violent crime.For more than two hours, they questioned Gardner and heard about his plans for an organic farm and residential program for at-risk youth...continue to full post

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