Another Utah Inmate Opts For Death By Firing Squad

I remember Gary, I thought at the time he had the biggest meep in the world. I'll take any method other than hanging or Ol' Sparky when it's my turn.

Dead is dead.

an inmate sentenced to death should be able to choose any method imaginable.

and if you have a problem with charles manson being impaled by wooden stakes strapped to the front of a running nude woman, well then you ought to reconsider your support of the death penalty, mr. senator.

I'm certainly not anti death penalty but I find it somewhat sickening that people want other people put to death only in a manner that is neat and clean and behind closed doors and does not offend their conscious. If your not willing to look them in the eye as their life drains away then sit down and STFU.

I think we should put all of the criminals on a huge, unwanted island and let them do unto one another as much as they please.

I believe they should die in the manner closest to the way they did in their victims. Rape-torture, gunshot, etc. Fair is fair. Clinical overdose is WAY too kind.

If it supposed to be a deterrent, like they say, then they should televise it. It would be huge on pay-per-view.

He is being killed for killing someone. Someone is going to kill him, but that person will go free, because it's his job. Murder is just a matter of perspective.

If I were on the firing squad, I'd aim high enough where it wouldn't kill him. That way, if he died, I'd know I wasn't the one who had the bullet and killed him, and if I ended up as the guy with the bullet, no one would know, and we'd all get another chance to shoot him.

They give one guy a blank, but nobody knows who. That way, you can always pretend it wasn't you that fired the fatal shot.

Oh, I thought it was one guy with a bullit, and the rest with blanks. My mistake.

With Gary Gilmore (Utah)

'The five executioners were equipped with .30-30 caliber rifles and off-the-shelf Winchester 150 grain (9.7 g) SilverTip ammunition. The condemned was restrained and hooded, and the shots were fired at a distance of 20 feet (6 m), aiming at the chest. According to his brother Mikal Gilmore's memoir Shot in the Heart, Utah's tradition dictated that a firing squad comprise five men - four of them with live rounds, and one with a blank round, so that each of the shooters could cast doubt to having fired a fatal shot. However, upon inspecting the clothes worn by Gary Gilmore at his execution, Mikal noticed five holes in the shirt - indicating, he wrote, that 'the state of Utah, apparently, had taken no chances on the morning that it put my brother to death' '

This is where I got my impression, although, as always, it may be wrong.