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Indiana House narrowly rejects firing squad execution bill

A bill to add the firing squad as an execution method in Indiana failed in the House on Wednesday, falling three votes short ...

Deseret News archives: Gary Gilmore firing squad death in 1977 was first US execution in 4 decades

On Jan, 17, 1977, nation watched capital punishment drama as Gilmore, convicted for pair of homicides, was put to death.
The Root

Utah Executes Prisoner by Firing Squad (Update)

Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner is scheduled to be executed by firing squad tonight, unless he is granted a stay by the governor. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder ...
WRAL

Utah death row inmate with dementia dies while awaiting firing squad

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of apparent natural causes, according to the state's ...
Newsday

Utah death row inmate with dementia dies 3 months after court blocked his execution

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man who was spared execution this fall after developing dementia during his 37 years on death row died Wednesday of apparent natural causes, according to the state's Department ...