Utah murderer executed by firing squad

The U.S. Supreme Court and other courts refused to stay the execution by firing squad, and now it's over. Many Europeans are screaming in outrage. The linked article provides an eye-witness account of the execution LINK (I am not a big fan of the death penalty. IMHO the range of offenses and offenders eligible needs to be limited to the unusually culpable. Changes must be made to insure better attorneys for defendants. More safeguards are necessary to see that innocent persons are not executed. Although there are lots of problems in the system, I'm not quite ready to become an abolitionist.)

Firing Squad Execution

Utah inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner is scheduled to be executed by firing squad-- the method he chose. Is it more humane than lethal injection? This is a case which causes left-wing ideologues to go apoplectic. It combines two things these self-righteous folks hate--guns and the death penalty. Lots of moaning and groaning and gnashing of teeth. Lots of talk about the "wild west" and guns causing more death, ad nauseum, ad nauseum, ad nauseum. LINK