President Trump has made it clear he desires Tyler Robinson executed for allegedly assassinating Charlie Kirk … and if Trump will get his means, Kirk’s alleged killer faces a torturous destiny.
The case will play out in Utah, the place capital punishment continues to be a factor … and the place of us on loss of life row are executed certainly one of two methods … firing squad or deadly injection.
Ronnie Lee Gardner was the final loss of life row inmate in Utah killed by firing squad … in June 2010 at Utah State Jail for a 1985 homicide … and a journalist who was there to observe the execution go down is recalling what it was like.
We’re informed the execution was fast … and never overly graphic. 5 legislation enforcement volunteers took up positions behind a wall with 5 slots, and every aimed their rifle at a white paper goal on Gardner’s chest over his coronary heart.
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The firing squad was supposed to tug the set off in unison on the rely of two, however one was both a hair early or late. 4 of the 5 rounds have been dwell, and one was a dummy, so nobody is aware of who really fired the lethal shot(s).
Gardner was seated, strapped to a chair with a hood over his head. He had no remaining phrases.
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When he was shot, Gardner’s arms snapped up twice so far as the restraint would permit. It is unclear if the motion was a response to ache or a muscle spasm.
Once they eliminated his hood, Gardner’s head rolled again … and he was pronounced useless shortly thereafter. The whole course of took three minutes.
Utah additionally has deadly injection … firing squad is permitted if deadly injection is unavailable.
The state really executed a loss of life row inmate, Taberon Honie, by deadly injection simply final 12 months … the primary capital punishment in Utah since Gardner’s 2010 firing squad.
Utah makes use of a deadly dose of pentobarbital, administered by an IV line into the inmate’s veins. The inmate is strapped to a gurney whereas the injection is given.
Robinson nonetheless has an extended solution to go earlier than getting so far … prosecutors have to hunt the loss of life penalty and he needs to be convicted … however Trump and Utah governor Spencer Cox have made it clear they assist capital punishment right here.
Former Utah County Lawyer David O. Leavitt tells TMZ … Jeffrey Grey, the present county lawyer, is the particular person with the ability to hunt the loss of life penalty in opposition to Robinson and shall be underneath monumental strain to take action.
Leavitt says Grey is a proponent of capital punishment and notes there are a number of necessities to hunt the loss of life penalty in Utah … particularly, if the homicide was carried out in a means that might have harmed a number of folks and if the crime is dedicated in a wicked and inhumane means.
The FBI says Robinson shot Kirk with a single spherical from a bolt-action rifle whereas Kirk was talking in entrance of a giant crowd on the Utah Valley College campus.
