Supreme Court sides with inmate who wants to die by firing squad

[Historic NY]

6. The well regulated militia should jump at the chance, could be a contest with raffles....

Will they have to hire 5 marksman? Is more than one shot allowed? What if wounded the criminal lives, would this be a completed again? So many questions? Is it even humane? The one shot scenario used in someplace in the world is to the back of the head.


Gary Gilmore was the only person in the US, Utah executed by a firing squad in 1976. Followed by John A Taylor, the last in 1996 when Utah banned a firing squad.