Eldorado Posted November 6, 2018 #1 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Four death row inmates in Tennessee have asked a federal court to allow them to be executed by firing squad. Mississippi, Oklahoma and Utah are the only states that allow the use of firing squads in executions. The last time the method was used in the US was in 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed in Utah for the 1984 murder of attorney Michael Burdell during a failed courthouse escape. A lawyer representing the four Tennessee inmates has said lethal injection is the "default method" of execution, but those on death row can also choose electrocution. Full short report: https://news.sky.com/story/four-death-row-inmates-in-tennessee-ask-to-executed-by-firing-squad-11546176 They shoulda shot them the morning after they got the request. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Caspian Hare Posted November 6, 2018 #2 Share Posted November 6, 2018 Utah, strange place. Beheading was actually an approved method in Utah in the 19th century before it became a state! I don't know if it was ever actually used, but I imagine it going something like this: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted November 6, 2018 #3 Share Posted November 6, 2018 It's a bit disappointing that the firing squad is done in the execution chamber. It should be out in the yard, with news helicopters overhead, and the prisoners dressed as Mexican bandits from a spaghetti western. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 6, 2018 #4 Share Posted November 6, 2018 36 minutes ago, Eldorado said: Four death row inmates in Tennessee have asked a federal court to allow them to be executed by firing squad. .22 right between the eyes. Just like a dog. 7.62s cost money. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted November 6, 2018 #5 Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) 26 minutes ago, Piney said: .22 right between the eyes. Just like a dog. 7.62s cost money. We have a steep hill nearby, with an old church at the top. In the old days, highwaymen's heads were placed on the fence posts at the church as a deterrent. Can't Utah do something like that? (Shooting them between the eyes will just make a mess!) Edited November 6, 2018 by acute 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 6, 2018 #6 Share Posted November 6, 2018 14 minutes ago, acute said: Shooting them between the eyes will just make a mess! Not with a .22. It was my prefered method with horses and dogs. 15 minutes ago, acute said: Can't Utah do something like that? The coasts need to do that with gang members and Neo-Nazis. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acute Posted November 6, 2018 #7 Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) 25 minutes ago, Piney said: Not with a .22. It was my prefered method with horses and dogs. Oh, I see. I try to stay away from guns and knives, because of my phobia of putting my prints on someone else's lethal weapon. Edited November 6, 2018 by acute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
preacherman76 Posted November 6, 2018 #8 Share Posted November 6, 2018 That's definitely what I would choose if on death row. 5 sharp shooters aiming right for the head, lights out. They botch the drug thing all the time, and electrocution looks like it might take a bit to long, and is possibly painful. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 6, 2018 #9 Share Posted November 6, 2018 1 hour ago, acute said: Oh, I see. I try to stay away from guns and knives, because of my phobia of putting my prints on someone else's lethal weapon. I don't go near my bosses' guns. They have my DNA and I'm on the New Jersey "dangerous dog" list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 6, 2018 #10 Share Posted November 6, 2018 53 minutes ago, seanjo said: They don't though, they aim for the heart so you will not die instantly...unless a lucky shot gets your brain. Getting shot never hurt. It felt like a punch and then it was gone.......The dull ache days later sucks though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 6, 2018 #11 Share Posted November 6, 2018 6 minutes ago, seanjo said: Where did you get hit? Thigh, arm, lower back then out under my sternum, hand, head graze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freetoroam Posted November 6, 2018 #12 Share Posted November 6, 2018 3 hours ago, preacherman76 said: That's definitely what I would choose if on death row. 5 sharp shooters aiming right for the head, lights out. They botch the drug thing all the time, and electrocution looks like it might take a bit to long, and is possibly painful. Good. But it will never be as painful as the horrors they put their victims through. My sympathy count is a big fat 0 for the pain the prisoner will go though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Piney Posted November 6, 2018 #13 Share Posted November 6, 2018 23 minutes ago, seanjo said: Damn... The one through the back that came out the front missed everything vital and pushed my intestines aside. It just weeped. I stood up my eyes were bright yellow and my reputation was set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aztek Posted November 7, 2018 #14 Share Posted November 7, 2018 all 4 can be executed with a single bullet, it has been done before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
internetperson Posted November 8, 2018 #15 Share Posted November 8, 2018 11 hours ago, aztek said: all 4 can be executed with a single bullet, it has been done before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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