But on May 16, , a lack of restraining straps resulted in the most bizarre, grotesque and horribly botched Utah execution on record. It all came about when Wallace Wilkerson, who killed a man in an argument about a card game in Provo, was to face the firing squad in a corner of the jail yard.
As the hour neared, Wilkerson strode from his cell dressed in black broadcloth and wearing a white felt hat. In his left hand he carried a cigar, which remained with him to the last. The sheriff protested, explaining that the sharpshooters would be concealed in a shed 20 feet distant.
Wilkerson pleaded, and the sheriff relented. There are always more volunteers than spots on the squad, Ray has said. Not in recent history, said Deborah Denno, a Fordham Law School professor who has long studied executions. But the Washington, D. Unlike a lethal injection that poisons the organs, the bodies of people executed by firing squad remain usable. Gilmore, executed by firing squad in , agreed to donate his eyes, kidneys, liver and pituitary gland for medical use.
His kidneys proved unusable because of bullet wounds. Some armies have used this method to slaughter citizens of countries they were invading. The victims of these death squads are most often buried in mass graves following the shootings. This heinous act is considered to be a crime against humanity and may be punishable by the International Criminal Court.
For more information, please visit: Execution Methods. Twitter Facebook Instagram Youtube. The language of a death sentence is always very clear on this matter and will stipulate that the condemned suffer the given method of execution "until dead.
Even though we've moved beyond firing squads and hangings, botched executions and second attempts still occur. In , the state of Georgia executed Alpha Otis O'Daniel Stephens for the murder of a man who interrupted Stephens during a burglary 10 years earlier.
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