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Utah completes firing squad execution without any difficulties

By Douglas A. Berman

As detailed in this ABC News report, which is headlined "Ronnie Lee Gardner Executed by Firing Squad in Utah," an uncommon execution method seemed to go off without a hitch in Utah. Here is how this article begins: After a quarter of a century on death row, convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed in a barrage of rifle fire Friday morning. He became the first man to die before a firing squad in Utah in 14 years. At exactly midnight, the 49-year-old inmate who spent more than half his life behind bars appeared calm as he was escorted to the execution chamber at a state prison in Draper. He was strapped to a metallic, winged execution chair; his arms and legs, his head and torso secured tightly. The chair was raised on a small black platform, like a stage...continue to full post

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