Which 2 states still use the firing squad as a form of execution in the United States?
In 2009, Idaho banned the use of firing squad as a form of execution, temporarily leaving Oklahoma as the only state utilizing this method. In March 2015, Utah joined Oklahoma in allowing execution by firing squad if the drugs for lethal injection were unavailable.
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78 Comments

William Laughlin
Bob Schmidt The death penalty has NEVER been a deterrent to crime, whether public or private.
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Mar 7, 2016 1:21AM

Katherine Walker
Who would want the heart of a killer? I think it should be 50 states or even public hangings, I believe a lot of the crime we have will stop.
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Feb 24, 2016 5:58PM
Ed Prusak
That kind of makes a mess out of those organs that could be harvested !
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Feb 19, 2016 5:13PM
Bob Schmidt
You are right. Ever since we went to "secret" executions there is no deterent.
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Feb 25, 2016 12:00PM
TJ Wahoo
William Laughlin Good point! However, it is certainly a deterrent to the recipient.
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Jul 16, 2016 12:17AM

Barbara Cinninger Metzger
I lived in Oklahoma all my life and never knew of anyone executed by a firing squad. Perhaps historically...
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Jan 10, 2021 5:51PM

Jaminator
IF there is to be something as barbaric as CP the only way that any type of payment is truly made to society is if the useful organs are extracted and innocent lives are saved! Conversely it should be noted CP hasn't stopped ANY crime, ever!
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Nov 25, 2020 7:37AM

Karen W
Also Mississippi.
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Sep 30, 2020 1:24PM

Johnny Rock
I remember Gary Gilmore died in Utah and that pretty much sealed it.
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Oct 7, 2019 2:43AM

Naked Kitty Slave
Very misleading. Utah, only IF legal injection drugs are not available.
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Jul 24, 2018 9:51PM

Jeannie Ellis
I knew this from the movie Executioner's Song starring Tommy Lee Jones.
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Feb 12, 2017 11:16PM

Jeannie Ellis
I think what he was saying is that the person who is executed won't commit any more crimes. You must admit it is true.
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Feb 12, 2017 11:14PM

andrewnealski
Knowing one of the two helped. Utah. Yeah.
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Feb 8, 2017 10:55AM

Mr.LaFaye
I knew this cause I remember Gary Gilmore Shot in Utah.
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Feb 2, 2017 8:52AM
Rhonda Wentz Bondurant
Linda Johnson Interesting... Why is that?
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Dec 16, 2016 1:56AM

Carol Lauter
I knew about Utah having this form of execution. Heard it on TV a long time ago.
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Nov 13, 2016 6:41PM
Autumn Gabriel
I believe, with DNA evidence, they should have public televised executions within a year of conviction. Also think manner of death should be the exact same as the murderer chose for their victim! ;-)
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Nov 2, 2016 1:40AM

William Laughlin
Robert Boden
Yes, it does in the most uncompassionate way. That is the most simplistically reductive statement I've ever heard on the subject! I sincerely hope you were simply making a bad joke. If that how you really think, we are all in trouble!
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Oct 30, 2016 8:25PM
Graham Hollenbeck
Lucky guess!
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Oct 6, 2016 5:36PM
Fernando Cortiñas
I feel that Utah banned the firing squad in 2004..... Any comments on this?
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Sep 12, 2016 5:16PM
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