Utah firing squad executes convicted murderer
By Jennifer Dobner | China Daily | Updated: 2010-06-19 07:19
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The Utah State Prison is seen at sundown before the scheduled execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad on Thursday. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. Steve C. Wilson / Associated Press |
DRAPER, Utah - A death row inmate died in a barrage of bullets early Friday as Utah carried out its first firing squad execution in 14 years.
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