Category Archives: firing squad

Legal Challenges to Execution Methods

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Justice for Willie

Until early April only two US states allowed the firing squad as a method of execution. In early April, Mississippi joined Oklahoma and Utah in permitting this “barbaric anachronism of a different era” Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant approved three additional methods … Continue reading →

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What we are doing is wrong

Posted on March 2, 2017 by Justice for Willie

Of all the execution methods being considered in the Mississippi senate last week, it was the firing squad that was rejected; nitrogen hypoxia and electrocution are still being considered.  Discounting the firing squad is understandable, as Radley Balko explains: “We recoil … Continue reading →

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