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Firing Squads Are Back

Politics
United States
Started September 15, 2026

Firing Squads Are Back Randy Gardner hardly remembers anything about the day in 1985 when his brother Ronnie Lee Gardner was sentenced to die. Maybe he prefers not to. “I wasn’t too worried,” Randy tells me. He knew the appeals process would probably take decades—and it did. But twenty-five years of failed appeals did eventually yield to an execution date: June 18, 2010. Gardner’s family had to say goodbye in advance after he requested they not be present. Instead, they held a vigil outside t...

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Firing Squads Are Back

Commonweal (United States) | Sep 14, 2026

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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
States should have the option to choose firing squads as a method of execution based on their specific legal and cultural contexts.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
Restorative justice should be prioritized over capital punishment, making firing squads an obsolete method.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
Firing squads can serve as a deterrent to violent crime by reinforcing the consequences of capital offenses.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
All methods of execution, including firing squads, should be abolished in favor of life imprisonment without parole.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
Firing squads may reduce the likelihood of botched executions, improving the overall integrity of the death penalty process.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
Firing squads should only be considered in the context of comprehensive reforms to the criminal justice system.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
Firing squads represent a more humane method of execution compared to lethal injection, which can be fraught with complications.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
The use of firing squads could lead to psychological harm for the executioners, which must be considered in discussions about execution methods.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
Public opinion should play a significant role in determining the methods of execution used in capital punishment cases.
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CLAIM Posted by admin • Sep 15, 2026
Governments should be required to report on the efficacy and humanity of execution methods, including firing squads.
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