Utah man to be executed by firing squad

[Jumpstart]

I wonder what the pay is to be on the firing squad.

[KevDen2005]

Why is it such a big deal if he chooses it? It's not like it was his only option!!!

The article says "Old West" Justice. I think it would be better if they hung him than shot him.

[Marlin]

Why is it such a big deal if he chooses it? It's not like it was his only option!!!

The article says "Old West" Justice. I think it would be better if they hung him than shot him.

Especially if they miscalculate the drop weight..

[ryanek9freak]

I think it's the other way around if I'm not mistake. I think out of 5 guns, 4 have blanks in them.

[Mtn.man]

I think it's the other way around if I'm not mistake. I think out of 5 guns, 4 have blanks in them.

Wrong.....

How It Works: Firing squad executions are so incredibly rare in the United States that it is difficult to speak of a standard operating procedure, but historically the victim is strapped to a chair, five sharpshooters aim at the victim's heart, and all five pull the trigger. One of the sharpshooters is secretly armed with a blank round, which means that each shooter can rest comfortably in the knowledge that there is a 20% chance that she never shot the prisoner.

[Ed_S]

I don't care how they do it just as long as they do it!

He's a convicted murderer! Do you know how much it costs to keep one of them locked up?

If the evidence is 100% conclusive they should just execute them immediately after sentencing thus saving the tax payer millions of $.

There I’ve help reduce our national debt!

[mx'r]

I don't care how they do it just as long as they do it!

He's a convicted murderer! Do you know how much it costs to keep one of them locked up?

If the evidence is 100% conclusive they should just execute them immediately after sentencing thus saving the tax payer millions of $.

There I’ve help reduce our national debt!

Amen and pass the ammo.

[Troublco]

I don't care how they do it just as long as they do it!

He's a convicted murderer! Do you know how much it costs to keep one of them locked up?

If the evidence is 100% conclusive they should just execute them immediately after sentencing thus saving the tax payer millions of $.

There I’ve help reduce our national debt!

I saw a thing recently where now the anti-death penalty people are trying to use the budget to stop the death penalty from being carried out. They had this thing about how a death penalty case costs so much more than just life in prison, and we should just sentence them to life. I'll bet if they didn't take 20 years to make it happen it wouldn't cost anywhere near what they're saying.

If they have a case where there is no doubt that the person did it, like they caught them in the act or something, there shouldn't be technicalities. Give them one appeal, and then carry out the sentence. Now I think if there's question it should be looked into more thoroughly, but 20 years?? Or in this joker's case, 25? That's almost life right there.

I wonder if all these wannabe dogooders would want these poor, misunderstood people living next to them if they were released. Hmmmm.....

[sniper7]

I don't care how they do it just as long as they do it!

He's a convicted murderer! Do you know how much it costs to keep one of them locked up?

If the evidence is 100% conclusive they should just execute them immediately after sentencing thus saving the tax payer millions of $.

There I’ve help reduce our national debt!

I feel the same way. after someone is convicted of life without parole or multiple life sentences, if they have no chance of ever seeing freedom, then they need to be finished off. hell, california just released a ton of their inmates due to overpopulation.

There aren't nearly as many programs like their used to be where these guys were useful to society still and built roads and bridges and farmed their own food. just an ever increasing burden on society.

[Not_A_Llama]

Wrong.....

How It Works: Firing squad executions are so incredibly rare in the United States that it is difficult to speak of a standard operating procedure, but historically the victim is strapped to a chair, five sharpshooters aim at the victim's heart, and all five pull the trigger. One of the sharpshooters is secretly armed with a blank round, which means that each shooter can rest comfortably in the knowledge that there is a 20% chance that she never shot the prisoner.

The last guy that got executed in Utah was found by his brother to have had 5 bullet holes. I also would have trouble believing you wouldn't notice the recoil on a 30-30.