Firing Squad

• The U.S. executed more people last year than Sudan, Yemen, Somalia: report

  The 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.

  World

  Apr 1, 2015
  
• Utah to use firing squads if lethal drugs are unavailable

  Gov. 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.

  Crime

  Mar 23, 2015
  
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• Utah may become only U.S. state to allow death by firing squad

  Utah - 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.

  World

  Mar 11, 2015
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• Utah lawmakers pass bill making it only state to allow firing squads

  Utah 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.

  World

  Mar 10, 2015
• Indonesia rejects appeals, executes 6 drug convicts, including 5 foreigners

  Indonesia brushed aside last-minute appeals by foreign leaders and executed by firing squad six people convicted of drug trafficking.

  Crime

  Jan 17, 2015