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David Grayless<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CapitalPunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapitalPunishment</span></a> is a legal penalty in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedArabEmirates" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>UnitedArabEmirates</span></a>. Under Emirati law, multiple crimes carry the death penalty, and the sole method of execution is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/firingSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>firingSquad</span></a>. Current law allows the death penalty for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/treason" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>treason</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/espionage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>espionage</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>murder</span></a>, successfully inciting the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/suicide" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>suicide</span></a> of a mentally ill person, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/arson" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>arson</span></a> resulting in death, indecent <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/assault" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>assault</span></a> resulting in death, nuclear waste disposal in the environment, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/apostasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>apostasy</span></a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>rape</span></a> of a minor, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/perjury" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>perjury</span></a> causing wrongful execution.</p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>What is it like to witness an execution by firing squad? <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@AssociatedPress" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>AssociatedPress</span></a></span> reporter Jeffrey Collins describes South Carolina's capital punishment of Brad Sigmon.</p><p>"I might now be unique among U.S. reporters: I’ve witnessed three different methods — nine lethal injections and an electric chair execution," he writes.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/PhbmQb" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/PhbmQb</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BradSigmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BradSigmon</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/FiringSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FiringSquad</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPenalty</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/SouthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SouthCarolina</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Execution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Execution</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Crime</span></a></p>
Creebhills<p>US carries out first firing squad execution in 15 years: 67-year-old Brad Keith Sigmon, an inmate at the South Carolina Department of Corrections in the United States, was executed by firing squad on Friday, marking the first instance of this method being used in the US since 2010 and the fourth since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976. According to the Death Penalty Information […] <a href="https://creebhills.com/2025/03/us-carries-out-first-firing-squad?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">creebhills.com/2025/03/us-carr</span><span class="invisible">ies-out-first-firing-squad?utm_source=dlvr.it&amp;utm_medium=mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FiringSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FiringSquad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DeathPenalty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CapitalPunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CapitalPunishment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JusticeSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>JusticeSystem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BradKeithSigmon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BradKeithSigmon</span></a></p>
Father Enoch<p>It's a good thing most of these <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> with such a hard on for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/thedeathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>thedeathpenalty</span></a> are so insistent of how <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CHRISTIAN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CHRISTIAN</span></a> they are... This is probably the only thing stopping them from implementing <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/crucifixions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crucifixions</span></a> (YET)...</p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c86p0wzjv0do?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bbc.com/news/articles/c86p0wzj</span><span class="invisible">v0do?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPenalty</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/FiringSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FiringSquad</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Injustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Injustice</span></a></p>
CC News Network<p>South Carolina Supreme Court Denies Final Appeal, Clearing Path for Brad Sigmon’s Execution by Firing Squad. Crime and Cask Will Report Live from Inside Broad River Prison Tonight. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FiringSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FiringSquad</span></a><br /><a href="https://crimeandcask.com/court-denies-appeal-for-execution-by-firing-squad/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">crimeandcask.com/court-denies-</span><span class="invisible">appeal-for-execution-by-firing-squad/</span></a></p>
Katrina Katrinka :donor:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Some_Emo_Chick" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Some_Emo_Chick</span></a></span> <br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/RandyGardner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RandyGardner</span></a>, whose brother was killed by firing squad by the State of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Utah</span></a> has become an anti-death penalty advocate and I hope for the elimination of the death penalty in the US.</p><p>This article is an effective explanation of why it's harmful to everyone affected.<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/utpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>utpol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/DeathPenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeathPenalty</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/FiringSquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FiringSquad</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/02/11/her-sister-was-murdered/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/</span><span class="invisible">02/11/her-sister-was-murdered/</span></a></p>
jack 💥<p>It's been a minute since I've thought about <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/firingsquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firingsquad</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/idaho-beefs-up-firing-squad-bryan-kohbeger-trial-nears" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">foxnews.com/us/idaho-beefs-up-</span><span class="invisible">firing-squad-bryan-kohbeger-trial-nears</span></a></p>
MikeDunnAuthor<p>Today in Labor History January 17, 1977: The U.S. resumed capital punishment after a ten-year hiatus, by executing Gary Gilmore by firing squad in Utah. Check out the classic punk song, “Gary Gilmore’s Eyes,” by the Adverts. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3swspID3Nxk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=3swspID3Nx</span><span class="invisible">k</span></a></p><p>The U.S. is one of only 27% of the world’s nations that continue to practice capital punishment. Out of the 40 countries designated as “developed,” the U.S. is one of only four that still have capital punishment on the books. Belarus is the only European country that still practices it, as it is banned in the EU. Russia, which still has the death penalty on the books, hasn’t executed anyone since 1999. And the U.S. is one of only 11 countries that has executed children since 1990, in violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which the U.S. has refusedc to ratify. In 1992, Bill Clinton refused to stay the execution of Ricky Ray Rector, a cognitively-impaired man, in order to prove to the voters that he was tough on crime (and to deflect attention from his sex scandals). For his last meal, Rector asked to save his desert, pecan pie, for later, not even realizing there would be no “later” for him. In 2002, the U.S. banned execution of people with intellectual disabilities.</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>workingclass</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaborHistory</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>deathpenalty</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/capitalpunishment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>capitalpunishment</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/garygilmore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>garygilmore</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/punk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punk</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/firingsquad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firingsquad</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/prison" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prison</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a></p>
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Today in Labor History November 16, 1849: Russian authorities gave a death sentence to author Fyodor Dostoevsky for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group called the Petrashevsky Circle. He and his colleagues were lined up before the firing squad when, at the last minute, a cart arrived with a letter from the Tsar, commuting their sentence. He still had to serve 4 years hard labor in Siberia. Dostoevsky alludes to his experience before the firing squad in his 1868-1869 novel, “The Idiot.”

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A sketch of the Petrashevsky Circle before the firing squad in what turned out to be a mock execution.
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