Utah man to be executed by firing squad

[TS12000]

I was always told that the 4 of the 5 have rounds in their guns or something? Any truth to that?

Also, sounds like this guy picked this just so people would throw a fit and delay his death further. Maybe. Just my knee jerk reaction.

As far as I'm aware Colorado still has this option as well, for sure what I would choose if I was on death row forget all that needle nonsense

Also Jumpstart: I almost died at your reaction

[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]

On Friday, both Burdell's girlfriend from 1985 and his father, Joseph Burdell Jr., testified that Burdell would not want Gardner to die in his name.
A pacifist who was drafted into the U.S. Army, Burdell served in Vietnam but refused to carry a gun, Donna Nu said.
"He would have not wanted Ronnie Lee's execution. He didn't believe in that," a tearful Nu said. "If Ronnie would have just wounded him and Michael would have lived, he would have defended him."

"Wouldn't want him to die in his name"??? Gee, you don't think that the simple act of committing murder in a state with the death penalty could have had anything to do with it, do you? It also illustrates how out of touch, in my opinion, so many people are. "He would have defended him". Whatever. This character is a violent criminal who didn't mind committing murder to try to escape, and the firing squad is entirely appropriate.

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

that crossed my mind too!

[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.

[GreenScoutII]

Well, he did kill a lawyer.... Are we sure the death penalty is appropriate in this case? I mean, maybe we should give him a medal or something....

JUST KIDDING GUYS.......

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.

Also, I tend to think lethal injection isn't a quick and quiet way to go out. If it were me, I think I'd prefer to be shot. Just saying.....

[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.

[mx'r]

I'd like to buy tickets for this event. Cant find any links online?

[ChunkyMonkey]

When it comes to capital punishment, I like Chicom style..
1. Jury court rules
2. Automatic appeal - 3 judge rule
3. If sentence is still to be carried, official must prove his/her identification and announce it publicly but not carried it out publicly...
4. Sentence Commenced
5. Recording, notification to family, 'billing' <--

It's a 1 year process in most cases.

Supreme court may probate the death penalty (Just like Governors have the right to stop executions here in US) - however the probation is called 2 year probation execution. If granted (very rarely), the deadman must conduct good chicom behaviors in the prison for 2 years. If the probation officer deems that he is not communist enough, he is back on the firing line within a month - otherwise it's life in prison after the 2 years.

The whole process have enough deterrence to maintain lower rate in that country.

I am one of those guys who dont believe convicted criminal should have the same rights and wasted more of our fund and resources - oh and i flunked social study because of the very same essay.