Utah execution reopens death-penalty debate
04 Jul 2010
Submitted by LTN Editorial Staff
The application of the firing squad as a method for excecution has regenereted
debate in this age old contraversy as Utah prepares to apply the sanction to convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner.
Gary Gilmore earned Utah a special place in history when his 1977 execution by firing squad reopened the door to capital punishment in the United States.
The practice has remained problematic ever since.
Otherwise, Ronnie Lee Gardner — sentenced to die for the 1985 courthouse slaying of attorney Michael Burdell — wouldn't have spent 25 years on Utah's death row.
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