@Some_Emo_Chick@mastodon.socialSouth Carolina set to execute prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
Brad Sigmon, convicted in a 2002 double murder, has chosen a method that is rarely used. Utah carried out the last firing squad execution in 2010.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/south-carolina-set-execute-brad-sigmon-firing-squad-rcna194955
NBC News · South Carolina set to execute prisoner in state's first firing squad execution
@Some_Emo_Chick
#RandyGardner, whose brother was killed by firing squad by the State of #Utah has become an anti-death penalty advocate and I hope for the elimination of the death penalty in the US.
This article is an effective explanation of why it's harmful to everyone affected.
#utpol #DeathPenalty #FiringSquad
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2022/02/11/her-sister-was-murdered/
The Salt Lake Tribune · This unlikely pair changed some leaders’ minds about ending Utah’s death penalty. Will it be enough?Sharon Wright Weeks and Randy Gardner have spent decades living on the opposite sides of the criminal justice system — that of a victim’s family and of a killer’s — but both are now advocating for the same end: abolishing the death penalty in Utah.