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Ronnie Lee Gardner Execution by Firing Squad, David Dow

Twenty-five years after he murdered three people, Ronnie Lee Gardner was put to death by firing squad. But death row attorney and author David R. Dow says that years after the crime the whole ritual just doesn’t make sense.

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In this Thursday, June 10th, 2010 picture, Ronnie Lee Gardner listens to proceedings during his commutation hearing at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah. Gardner was executed by firing squad at midnight on June 18, 2010. (Photo: Trent Nelson / AP Pho

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