Utah man to be executed by firing squad

[cowboykjohnson]

I can load you one with a home cast bullet and used brass for about that...

[BigBear]

Everyone always says this, but find me a bullet that costs .2 cents. .22lr is the only one I can think of.

That's all you need. Directly to the temple, eyball, etc... .22lr can kill very easily. Object is to kill the person, not create a huge exit cavity, etc.

[ChunkyMonkey]

He'll probably sell you a single .45 for .2cent just to shut you up

[BigBear]

to shut me up? ... didn't know I was grating on anyone. My apologies.

[Irving]

Bear, MB888 was talking to me bub.

[jake]

That's all you need. Directly to the temple, eyball, etc... .22lr can kill very easily. Object is to kill the person, not create a huge exit cavity, etc.

I thought the object was to kill the person slowly and painfully over a period of several days

[BigBear]

I thought the object was to kill the person slowly and painfully over a period of several days

It is. I was just saying that one could cut a lot of costs with just killing 'em quickly with cheap ammo.

[SA Friday]

The integrity of a culture CAN be measured by the humanity of their executions. We sterilize the needle. He isn't dead till the clock reads the right time, there is no stay on the execution, and the warden gives the go. As tempting as it is to just pop the guy in the back of the mellon with a pistol, all of the countries that I know of using this method are the ones we all detest; China, Russia, N. Korea, Iran...

Oklahoma still has firing squad on their books as a form of execution also. Utah uses the previously described criteria, and they use rifles.

Utah, I believe, is also the only state that still uses hanging. There's been three hanging executions while I've been alive.

[rhineoshott]

[quote=GreenScoutII;197875]Seriously, the death penalty is not something to be taken lightly. If the crime committed warrants it, fine, but as a society we had better make sure we have all of our ducks in a row. There is nothing that can be done to reverse an execution if it is determined later that the convict was actually innocent.[quote]

+1. I'm a hardcore capital punishment guy, but you've GOT to be sure.

[Irving]

So I guess that means the Rhythm method is out.