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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Utah gov signs bill allowing firing squad
Published March 24, 2015
Firing squad poised to make a comeback in Utah
SALT LAKE CITY – Utah became the only state to allow firing squads for
executions Monday when Gov. Gary Herbert signed a law approving the
controversial method's use when no lethal-injection drugs are available.
Herbert has said he finds the firing squad "a little bit gruesome," but Utah
is a capital punishment state and needs a backup execution method in case a
shortage of the drugs persists.
"We regret anyone ever commits the heinous crime of aggravated murder to
merit the death penalty, and we prefer to use our primary method of lethal
injection when such a sentence is issued," Herbert spokesman Marty Carpenter
said. "However, when a jury makes the decision and a judge signs a death
warrant, enforcing that lawful decision is the obligation of the executive
branch."
The measure's approval is the latest illustration of some states'
frustration over bungled executions and difficulty obtaining the drugs. Utah
is one of several states seeking new forms of capital punishment after a
botched Oklahoma lethal injection last year.
States have struggled to keep up their drug inventories as European
manufacturers opposed to capital punishment refuse to sell the components of
lethal injections to U.S. prisons. The Texas deadline is the most imminent,
but other states are struggling, too.
The bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Paul Ray of Clearfield, argued that a
team of trained marksmen is faster and more decent than the drawn-out deaths
involved when lethal injections go awry — or even if they go as planned.
Though Utah's next execution is probably a few years away, Ray said wants to
settle on a backup method now so authorities are not racing to find a
solution if the drug shortage drags on.
Opponents of the measure say firing squads are barbaric, with the American
Civil Liberties Union of Utah saying the bill makes the state "look backward
and backwoods."
Utah lawmakers stopped offering inmates the choice of firing squad in 2004,
saying the method attracted intense media interest and took attention away
from victims.
Utah is the only state in the past 40 years to carry out such a death
sentence, with three executions by firing squad since the U.S. Supreme Court
reinstated the death penalty in 1976.
The last was in 2010, when Ronnie Lee Gardner was put to death by five
police officers with .30-caliber Winchester rifles in an event that
generated international interest and elicited condemnation from many.
Gardner killed a bartender and later shot a lawyer to death and wounded a
bailiff during a 1985 courthouse escape attempt.
The bailiff's widow, VelDean Kirk, said she supports Utah's efforts to bring
back the firing squad.
Gardner's brother recently has spoken out against it. Randy Gardner said he
doesn't condone his brother's actions but believes the firing squad is
barbaric. | T*********I
发帖数: 10729 | | d**********0
发帖数: 13081 | 3 firing squad? 这是不是走到了另外一个极端了？ | D*******o
发帖数: 3229 | 4 不觉得枪决比电椅，注射更残酷。死刑犯害怕可以要求套头套。如果为了保留全尸，应
该提供绞刑这一选项。有些死刑犯在杀人害命时可一点都不考虑人道不人道，推荐电影
《八仙饭店之人肉叉烧包》。
发信人: dingding2000 (东方), 信区: USANews
标 题: Re: 简单的事情简单的来做:犹他州恢复firing squad执行死刑
发信站: BBS 未名空间站 (Tue Mar 24 11:45:35 2015, 美东)
firing squad? 这是不是走到了另外一个极端了？ | D*******o
发帖数: 3229 | 5 执行枪决时使用“fire squad”是为了照顾执行者的心理。有的枪里装空包弹，这样开
枪的人就不知道是不是自己杀死了犯人。仔细想一想，其实这种方式比注射对于执刑者
更人道，因为实行注射的时候，执刑者明白无误地知道死刑犯是被自己杀死的。 | j****y
发帖数: 1714 | 6 空包弹后坐力不一样。掩耳盗铃而已，骗谁啊？
【在 D*******o 的大作中提到】
: 执行枪决时使用“fire squad”是为了照顾执行者的心理。有的枪里装空包弹，这样开
: 枪的人就不知道是不是自己杀死了犯人。仔细想一想，其实这种方式比注射对于执刑者
: 更人道，因为实行注射的时候，执刑者明白无误地知道死刑犯是被自己杀死的。
| i****k
发帖数: 668 | 7 这就是借口，
注射器也可以有的装盐水有的装毒药
【在 D*******o 的大作中提到】
: 执行枪决时使用“fire squad”是为了照顾执行者的心理。有的枪里装空包弹，这样开
: 枪的人就不知道是不是自己杀死了犯人。仔细想一想，其实这种方式比注射对于执刑者
: 更人道，因为实行注射的时候，执刑者明白无误地知道死刑犯是被自己杀死的。
| j*****v
发帖数: 7717 | 8 So what? 美國死刑的門檻這麼高，注射真是便宜死刑犯了。
對受害人家屬遲到的正義只嫌少，不嫌多。
【在 i****k 的大作中提到】
: 这就是借口，
: 注射器也可以有的装盐水有的装毒药
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