40 Pass this along Pedes: In 2020 the Justice Department deemed Firing Squads are a valid alternative to lethal injection (www.federalregister.gov) posted 142 days ago by Beegie 142 days ago by Beegie +40 / -0 6 comments share 6 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (6) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 1 ▼ – Daemoness 1 point 142 days ago +1 / -0 Anyone else old enough to remember the Gary Gilmore case-? permalink save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – Beegie [S] 1 point 142 days ago +1 / -0 No. Story time? permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – Daemoness 1 point 142 days ago +1 / -0 It's not terribly interesting. Basically, a career criminal/murderer decided to "make a statement" by demanding his sentence of execution be carried out by a Utah firing squad : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore_(criminal) permalink parent save report block reply
Anyone else old enough to remember the Gary Gilmore case-?
No.
Story time?
It's not terribly interesting. Basically, a career criminal/murderer decided to "make a statement" by demanding his sentence of execution be carried out by a Utah firing squad :
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore_(criminal)