Legal Options Dwindling, Gardner Faces Firing Squad

Late Monday night, the Utah Supreme Court denied an appeal by Ronnie Lee Gardner, a condemned prisoner scheduled for execution by firing squad this Friday, June 18. The default method of execution in Utah is by lethal injection but prisoners are allowed a firing squad if they so choose. In a 57-page ruling, the justices …

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