Idaho has chosen to bring the firing squad in – I guess it’s more acceptable than lethal injection. I note that “The state has purchased five Daniel Defense DD5-P rifles chambered in .308 Winchester, fitted with scopes, suppressors and bipods, at a cost of more than $24,000.“
Never, until now, did I wonder about the range for a firing squad. From all I could find, the shooters should be close – but there is no set distance. My google search did yield this information: ” Utah had executed 41 people by firing squad since the 1850s, and only two were botched. In one case, they failed to tie the man down, and he tried to flee as they shot him. In another, the firing squad members did not shoot at the heart, as they’re required to do, because they wanted the man to suffer. But put another way, when the written protocol was fully followed, none were botched, which speaks strongly to the reliability of this method.”
Utah does share a border with Idaho – but so does Montana.
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