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Old and bloody tradition revived as Utah prepares firing squad
The Independent (UK) ^
| 23 May 2003
| Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles
Posted on 05/22/2003 1:32:11 PM PDT by Willie Green
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To: Willie Green
A firing squad may be messy, but there's far less chance of something going wrong, and it's quick; therefore, more humane than hanging or the electric chair or the gas chamber.
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posted on
05/22/2003 1:59:19 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
('Nemo me impune lacessit')
...Comes in sisal, hemp, coir, manila, nylon, rayon, jute, ramie, cotton, polypropylene.....twisted or braided....cable or lang layed....choice of colors.....7 to 13 turns/coils.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:00:35 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: milan
The other inmate, Troy Michael Kell, a white supremacist, has sworn, spat and wriggled his way through his various court hearings. I thought they were talking about " sheets " Byrd.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:00:45 PM PDT
by
ditto h
To: Willie Green
Gary Gilmore requested death by firing squad in Utah back in 1977.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:01:34 PM PDT
by
mass55th
To: wimpycat
but there's far less chance of something going wrong, and it's quick;I'm not so sure about that...
not when they pin the target over the heart...
Yeah, that'll work, but no doubt it'd be quicker and more certain with a head shot.
To: skeeter
He is trying to beat the death sentence by getting someone to take up the "cruel and unusual" banner. If he is lucky and get's enough noteriety he will get clemency and a book deal. If he isn't lucky, he winds up dead, same as lethal injection. Good strategy to appeal the the squeamish.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:04:02 PM PDT
by
3Lean
To: Willie Green
They usually have several riflemen firing at once.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:05:30 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
('Nemo me impune lacessit')
To: Willie Green
Personally thing 'firing squads' are the most Humane form of Capital Punishment. . .for the one executed; and for those who must get the job done.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:13:54 PM PDT
by
cricket
To: wimpycat
They usually have several riflemen firing at once.Yeah, at least 5 or 6 anyway.
There's no doubt he's gonna die when they all shoot for the heart.
It's doggone impossible for any of them to miss at that close range.
The only thing I'd question is just how instantaneous it was.
Just seems to me that a head-shot would be more humane.
(Not that I care if the scumbags suffer, but ya gotta be considerate of those who must officially witness the execution.)
Even if it only guaranteed unconsciousness a couple of seconds quicker.
To: cricket
Put them in a bag and throw them off a cliff.
Make a wall to be caused to fall on them
Bury them waste deep and throw stones at them
Slice off their head and rip out their heart and watch it beat on a table
Remove all of their cartiledge rings in their trachea and watch it collapse.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:22:03 PM PDT
by
johnb838
(Understand the root causes of American Anger.)
To: Willie Green
Thanks Gary
he fought the justice system to ensure he would be executed quickly
The Execution of Gary Gilmore At eight minutes after 8:00 a.m on January 17, 1977, Gary Mark Gilmore was executed by a firing squad in Draper, Utah. The execution ended the life of a man who had killed at least two people and who had spent 18 of his 36 years behind bars for various offenses. Two aspects of the case kept it on the front pages for months. First, the death penalty had been reinstated in the United States in 1976 (not without controversy) after a 10-year hiatus and Gilmore was to become the first prisoner to be executed. Second, he fought the justice system to ensure he would be executed quickly.
To: johnb838
Now we're gettin' somewhere!
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:26:00 PM PDT
by
norraad
To: Willie Green
Under Utah's laws, any prisoner sentenced to death has the right to choose between lethal injection - the preferred method of almost all US states that practise the death penalty - and a firing squad. I'd choose a firing squad too. It may be "messier," but it's far more humane than the creepy shades-of-Doctor-Mengele lethal injection.
To: Willie Green
My husband says if he were ever in that situation, he'd want a firing squad. Give him a blindfold and a cigarette, he said. It's a more dignified way to go than getting your leg shaved and being strapped down on a gurney.
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posted on
05/22/2003 2:29:36 PM PDT
by
wimpycat
('Nemo me impune lacessit')
To: Willie Green
Good for them...
To: Willie Green
Lethal injection is NOT quick or painless. If done correctly, death by firing squad is more humane.
If I had to choose, I would choose standing up, facing a firing squad, no hood or blindfold, and I would want to be outside so I could see the sky.
To: onedoug
Then there was the 300 pound woman...whose hanging ripped her head off.The way hanging usually kills is by breaking the neck - which is why the knot on the noose is placed to the side. When hangings have been messy it's been due to the hangee [to coin a word] not being heavy enough and he dies of strangulation, a much messier, slower and more painful way of going.
To: Willie Green
That's just wormfood and not much to be concerned about. It's biodegradable. There are some things even a worm won't eat. Or can't.
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posted on
05/22/2003 3:00:44 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: Willie Green
quicker and more certain with a head shot. Maybe, but bullets have been known to glance off the skull, and you might lose part of the brain, but not necessarily the part that keeps you alive. Take out the heart and the killer will die, maybe not instantly, but loss of conciousness will be rapid.
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posted on
05/22/2003 3:03:35 PM PDT
by
El Gato
To: TxGrandMom
If I had to choose, I would choose standing up, facing a firing squad, no hood or blindfold, and I would want to be outside so I could see the sky.10-4. I've thought the same thing for many years (though not anticipating committing a crime.) I believe all states should offer this option. I would find lethal injection very unpleasant, as opposed to humane.
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posted on
05/22/2003 3:17:46 PM PDT
by
toddst
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