Why would anyone CHOOSE to die by firing squad?
Indeed, Utah is the last U.S. state to operate a firing squad, a no-nonsense method of capital punishment that has been used only twice against civilians since the American Civil War. His request was granted last week. ‘I would like the firing squad, please,’ said Gardner, 49, when a Utah judge offered him the choice of being shot dead or strapped to a medical trolley and given a lethal injection. And with the death warrant now signed, his wish will finally be fulfilled on June 18. Not that he appears to be too concerned about it. Chatting with a prosecutor before being led away from his court hearing, Gardner, a charming but savage and deeply cunning psychopath, was asked how he felt now he was, quite literally, staring down the barrel of a gun. ‘Good . . . considering the circumstances,’ he smirked.
