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| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| Utah firing squad executes convicted killer |
| 2010-06-19 |
| A barrage of bullets tore into Ronnie Lee Gardner's chest where a target had been pinned over his heart. Two minutes later, the twice-convicted killer was pronounced dead as blood pooled in his dark blue prison jumpsuit. It was the first time in 14 years that an American inmate was executed by firing squad - a method Gardner choose over lethal injection. But death penalty opponents around the world reacted with horror all the same, renewing an international debate about capital punishment in the U.S. Gardner was the third man to die by firing squad since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Vapors!! HAHAHA!!!! I hope the world understands that Westerm America see's the world in a not so kinder gentler way. You get convicted of murder twice we will kill you. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2010-06-19 17:55 |
| #11 Tho I did get a little peeved watching Shep Smith on Fox get a case of the vapors over it. The Homoshepian is quite certain birds, Bush, guns and firing squads are all icky! If I never heard from the little fellow again it would be splendid. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-06-19 14:03 |
| #10 We'll get to see how the EUniks handle the Turks soon. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-06-19 12:49 |
| #9 I like how the EU feels enabled to make judgments on how we do justice at the state level - I think you EUnuchs have enough issues on your plate so please feel free to STFU. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2010-06-19 12:43 |
| #8 I have absolutely no problem with this, none. Tho I did get a little peeved watching Shep Smith on Fox get a case of the vapors over it. What a nancy boy. |
| Posted by: Jefferson 2010-06-19 11:29 |
| #7 The above is a tracing of the exit holes. Two inch square target fastened to chest, with a circle in the center. Three bullets in the circle, one outside but on the target. It sounds like he had a few seconds to consider his fate before he blacked out. Definitely messier than an injection. |
| Posted by: KBK 2010-06-19 10:44 |
| #6 Firing squad: An eyewitness account of Gardner's execution |
| Posted by: ed 2010-06-19 09:04 |
| #5 One of the articles I read yesterday did. A few inches across horizontally. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-06-19 09:01 |
| #4 They never tell the important stuff, like how tight was the shot group? |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-06-19 08:56 |
| #3 ...death penalty opponents... Some how the real victim's death never moves the same people. They're all so damn quiet when the daily evening news is posted with the executions in our streets, neighborhoods, our community where is there is no due process or appeal. I certainly never detected a one of them attending the funeral of a police officer gunned down in the performance of his/her duties to protect the citizenry. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-06-19 08:46 |
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| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-19 00:49 |
| #1 But death penalty opponents around the world reacted with horror all the same They haven't figured out yet that the sun will rise exactly on time tomorrow ... |
| Posted by: Steve White 2010-06-19 00:05 |