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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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
TJ Wahoo
William Laughlin Good point! However, it is certainly a deterrent to the recipient.
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Jul 16, 2016 12:17AM
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
TSH
William Laughlin You are usually more astute than this. The death penalty is a deterrent to the recipient because they will be dead. You failed to see his attempt at humor.
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Sep 9, 2016 11:28PM
Lisa Davis
Wrong:
As of 2024, Idaho, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Utah use the firing squad for the death penalty. In 2024, Tennessee were debating about using the firing squad. On March 20, 2023, the bill passed the Idaho state legislature, and was signed by the governor.
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Mar 11, 2024 5:55PM
larry
fdeisner, Idaho will become the fifth state to authorize the firing squad as a method of execution and may become the first state to mandatorily impose it on a death row prisoner since 1976. Idaho's Governor Brad Little signed HB 186 into law on March 24, 2023, and it goes into effect on July 1.Mar 28, 2023
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Sep 22, 2023 12:58PM
larry
Playerpeppe13, Is it close to the part that says " An eye for an eye" ???
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Sep 22, 2023 12:57PM
John Bayly
Five states have death by firing squad. Research Research Research.
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Sep 16, 2023 9:49PM
Dazz3d.Confus3ed
that's not true Idaho has never give firing squid, but they did ad hanging.
Kohlburger that killed the 4 college students here in Idaho last November,is looking at the firing squid.
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Jul 27, 2023 11:53PM
Playerpeppe13
Which 'Commandment' is it, you know, the one that says: 'Thou Shalt Not Kill'?
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Jul 21, 2023 12:52AM
Kay Agnew
dmarkc, the worst of the worst should be given the choice of execution or kept alive as study subjects, they can see what makes them tick!
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Jul 6, 2023 1:15AM
sportsdocharris
Oklahoma has capital punishment but not the firing squad 🙄
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Jun 19, 2023 10:04PM
fdeisner
Four states have firing squads for executions: Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Utah. South Carolina is the latest state to add this option in 3/4/2021. Utah has carried out all of the nation's three executions by firing squad since the 1970s, with the most recent in 4/5/010,
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Apr 11, 2023 6:29PM
stlmark
William Laughlin, You're wrong on 3 counts.
1. You can't prove a negative. People who are deterred from committing crimes don't commit crimes, so they're not counted.
2. Condemned criminals generally don't go gentle into that good night. Most of them fight & fight hard, & a number of them become even better than many lawyers.
3. One way the death penalty deters is shown by the jailed Mafia Don. He may be old & frail, but the most dangerous criminal won't touch him because he knows if he does, he's a dead man. The state death penalty is often capricious & subject to endless delays, so it doesn't always deter. But, sometimes it does.
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Mar 30, 2023 5:54AM
David Perkins
elizawheeler, There are 10 inmates on death row in Kansas, 7 of them are white. What you are saying since there are too many white males on death row that makes it rasist. Two of the 3 are the Carr Brothers who killed 5 people and seriously wounded several others in a week long crime spree.
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Feb 14, 2023 12:24PM
elizawheeler
Like most things in the United States, the death penalty is extremely racist. I don't believe in the death penalty, but if it's going to exist it needs to be completely unbiased. Since that is impossible, it should be federally outlawed.
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Feb 1, 2023 7:31PM
catmom
William Laughlin, I COMPLETELY AGREE with you bc I think it barbaric, morally wrong & it's far from right for the families, etc to go thru grieving no matter who does it or what form it takes no matter what any does.
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Jan 25, 2023 6:40PM
Christy Jarrett
Also Mississippi and South Carolina
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Jan 3, 2023 10:35PM
Howard Groopman
Tough question, but went with Utah. I remember Gary Gilmore being executed in Utah late 1970s, and I vaguely recalled that being by firing squad.
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Dec 31, 2022 7:29PM
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