Execution by firing squad would eliminate the difficulty in securing lethal drugs from compounding pharmacies that are hounded by death penalty opponents into cutting off the supply. So would hanging. And the best part is that, unlike in executions where murderers are put to sleep like a beloved pet, the condemned inmate is likely to shit in his pants as he is being positioned to be shot or hanged.
UTAH LAWMAKER: BRING BACK FIRING SQUAD EXECUTIONS
Associated Press
May 17, 2014
A Utah lawmaker wants to resurrect firing squads as a method of execution after a botched lethal injection in Oklahoma.
Republican state Rep. Paul Ray says firing squads would be a quick and humane way to put someone to death, especially as lawsuits and drug shortages have complicated lethal injections.
Ray plans to introduce his proposal during Utah's next legislative session in January. Similar efforts have stalled in Missouri and Wyoming.
Utah last used a firing squad in 2010, when five police officers with .30-caliber Winchester rifles executed Ronnie Lee Gardner. Under current law, death by firing squad is only an option for criminals sentenced to death before 2004.
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