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Utah Man Sentenced to Death by Firing Squad Posted on Apr 26, 2010 in National Issues The state of Utah is scheduled to execute Ronnie Lee Gardner, a convicted murderer, by firing squad. Currently, 35 other states consider the death penalty as a means of justice. However, Utah is currently the only state that considers the firing squad a primary means of execution. Oklahoma also considers the method acceptable but would only consider its use if lethal injection was deemed unconstitutional. Mr. Gardener, 49, was allowed to chose between lethal injection and the firing squad and opted for the latter. The practice of giving inmates a choice of their means of execution was common in Utah until 2004 when state lawmakers made lethal injection the default method. However, the state chose not to make the law retroactive to previous convictions in order to avoid unnecessary appeals from death row inmates. This change in practice largely stems from the state’s embarrassment over its use in the 1996 execution of John Albert Taylor when over 150 media outlets covered his execution. The event was portrayed as an Old-West style of justice that seemed antiquated and “allowed for killers to go out in a blaze of glory that embarrasses the state.” Gardener’s defense attorney, Andrew Parnes, hopes to appeal to the Supreme Court on grounds that his client was denied state funds to pay for experts that could have given mitigating evidence that might have changed the decision of the jurors on their sentencing. Gardener will be the third man since Utah reinstated the death penalty in 1976 to be executed by firing squad with the only others coming in 1977 and 1996. However, it is believed that three other men waiting on Utah’s death row have requested the firing squad.
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U američkoj saveznoj državi Utah u petak ujutro je smrtna kazna na osuđenikom Ronniem Lee Gardnerom, izvedena, strijeljanjem, koje je od vraćanja smrtne kazne u SAD-u 1976. korišteno samo dva puta, također u Utahu Gardner (49), je pogubljen nešto iza ponoći po lokalnom vremenu u državnom zatvoru u Draperu, 30 km južno do Salt Lake Citya, pred petočlanim streljačkim vodom. Sam je izabrao metodu streljačkog voda umjesto smrtonosne injekcije, rekavši da kod nje nema pogrešaka, izvijestile su američke TV postaje. Na smrt je osuđen zbog ubojstva odvjetnika Michaela Burdella tijekom neuspješnog pokušaja bijege iz sudnice u Salt Lake Cityu, u Utahu, 1985. Sudilo mu se zbog ubojstva Melvyna Otterstroma 1984., također u Salt Lake Cityu. Američki Vrhovni sud i guverner Utaha Gary Herbert u četvrtak su odbili zahtjeve Gardnerovih odvjetnika da se pogubljenje odgodi. Dok je čekao strijeljanje, Gardner je gledao filmsku trilogiju 'Gospodar prstenova' i čitao roman Davida Baldaccija 'Božanska pravda', rekao je glasnogovornik zatvorske službe Utaha, Steve Gehrke. Par sati prije pogubljenja posjetio ga je i biskup Crkve Isusa Krista svetaca Sudnjeg dana, dodao je Gehrke. Utah je jedina savezna država u SAD-u koja još koristi metodu streljačkog voda kod izvršenja smrtne kazne. Od 49 pogubljenja osuđenika na smrt u Utahu u posljednjih 160 godina, 40 je izvršeno strijeljanjem. Streljački vod puca na osuđenika s udaljenosti od sedam metara, kroz puškarnice u zidu, a jedan je metaka je tzv. 'ćorak', s istim povratnim udarom kao i bojevi meci, pa pripadnici voda ne znaju tko ga je ubio. - Sviđa vam se članak? Preporučite ga prijateljima putem ovih servisa: Pošaljite mailom