Firing Squad
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Judge sets execution date for Utah death row inmate with dementiaRalph Leroy Menzies, 67, is set to be executed on Sept. 5, but his lawyers say his deteriorating mental state, caused by dementia, is reason to reconsider his punishment.TrendingJul 10, 2025
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Inmate suffers bungled execution after firing squad misses target in South CarolinaMikal Mahdi was killed last month by prison officials, but autopsy results indicated that executioners did not follow protocol and Mahdi endured prolonged pain.TrendingMay 9, 2025
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U.S. prisoner executed by firing squad — it’s ‘abjectly cruel,’ says lawyerThree volunteers standing behind a curtain will fire specially designed bullets into the inmate's chest in unison.TrendingMar 7, 2025
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The U.S. executed more people last year than Sudan, Yemen, Somalia: reportThe United States carried out the fifth most executions in the world in 2014, more than Sudan, Yemen, Egypt, and Somalia, according to a new Amnesty International report.WorldApr 1, 2015
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Utah to use firing squads if lethal drugs are unavailableGov. Gary Herbert, who signed a law approving the method's use Monday, has said while firing squads are "a little bit gruesome," the state needs a backup execution method.CrimeMar 23, 2015
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Utah may become only U.S. state to allow death by firing squadUtah - the only state in the past 40 years to carry out a death sentence by firing squad - is poised to bring back the Old West-style executions if the state cannot track down drugs used in lethal injections.WorldMar 11, 2015
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Utah lawmakers pass bill making it only state to allow firing squadsUtah has passed a bill that would make it the only U.S. state to allow firing squads for carrying out a death sentence if there is a shortage of execution drugs.WorldMar 10, 2015
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Indonesia rejects appeals, executes 6 drug convicts, including 5 foreignersIndonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals by foreign leaders and executed by firing squad six people convicted of drug trafficking.CrimeJan 17, 2015
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