Ronnie Lee Gardner becomes the third man to die by firing squad since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated capital punishment in 1976. Four turnovers and a porous run defense were too much to ...

The last state to employ the firing squad was Utah. Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, was strapped to a chair and shot to death in 2010. At that time, Utah law allowed death row inmates to choose between ...

The state has carried out three such executions, mostly recently executing Ronnie Lee Gardner by firing squad on June 18, 2010. Skaug said on Tuesday: "I see this bill as being less problematic ...