Tag: Ronnie Lee Gardner
Posted on Fri Jun 18, 2010 at 12:20:27 PM EST
Tags: Ronnie Lee Gardner, Firing Squad, Utah (all tags)
Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff announced his giving the go-ahead for Ronnie Lee Gardner's execution last night in real-time on Twitter.
What progress (not), we've moved from the Executioner's Song to the Executioner's Tweet. "Firing Squad" is now trending on Twitter. At least he didn't post a twit-pic.
What a big black eye for Utah and the U.S. As I wrote last night, even Vietnam outlawed death by firing squad this week.
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Posted on Fri Jun 18, 2010 at 01:03:00 AM EST
Tags: Ronnie Lee Gardner, firing squad, Utah (all tags)
Bump and Update: Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad just after midnight. He was dead at 12:20.
Bump and Update: The Supreme Court denied a stay Thursday Night. Justices Stephen Breyer and John Paul Stevens, would have granted the request for a stay. At 9:30 pm:
all communication from clergy, attorneys and others was cut off. Gardner continued watching movies at that point. He was 90 feet from the death chamber.
Barbarism is alive and well in the United States.
Barring a last minute reprieve, Ronnie Lee Gardner will be executed by a firing squad in Utah just after midnight. He has eaten his last meal and intends to fast until then. Here's how it will go down:
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