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Bookmark or Share- Methods of Execution | Death Penalty Information CenterThe primary means of execution in the U.S. have been hanging, electrocution, the gas chamber, firing squad, and lethal injection. The Supreme Court has never found a method of execution to be unconstitutional, though some methods have been declared unconstitutional by state courts.
- Description of Each Execution Method - Death Penalty Information CenterFiring Squad. On March 23, 2015, firing squad was reauthorized in Utah as a viable method of execution if, and only if the state was unable to obtain the drugs necessary to carry out a lethal injection execution.
- Why executions by firing squad may be coming back in the USBy Michael Tarm. Published 7:10 AM PDT, March 24, 2023. CHICAGO (AP) — The image of gunmen in a row firing in unison at a condemned prisoner may conjure up a bygone, less enlightened era. But the idea of using firing squads is making a comeback.
- Execution by firing squad - WikipediaFor other uses, see Firing squad (disambiguation). Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading [1] (from the French fusil, rifle ), is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war.
- Death Penalty By Firing Squad: How Is It Carried Out?Death by firing squad, an archaic way of carrying out the death penalty that is now banned in the United States (for most prisoners, that is), was the form of execution chosen by convicted Utah...
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