A convicted murderer in Georgia has asked that he be executed by firing squad, arguing an execution by lethal injection would cause him "excruciating pain" because of the condition of his veins. 'Any attempts to carry out the execution will amount to torture, cause excruciating pain and violate his constitutional rights,' attorney Jeremy Schepers told the Houston Chronicle.
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The last use of a firing squad for a convicted criminal. A new law in Utah allows firing squad as a backup method of execution if lethal injection drugs aren't available. This method, Nance's lawsuit says, is "swift and virtually painless," making it a better option for execution.After hearing the news, Gwinnett County District Attorney Danny Porter -- whose office prosecuted Nance's case back in the 1990s -- told "If he needs a firing squad, then let him have it," Porter said. "There is an alternative method of execution that is feasible and readily implemented which will significantly reduce or eliminate the substantial risk of severe pain to Mr. Nance," the lawsuit says: Firing squad. A man convicted of a series of rapes and murders in Texas had asked authorities to carry out his execution using gas or a firing squad before he was put to death on Wednesday.
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Believe it or not, these women are all in their eighth decade. Circuit Court of Appeals was considering an appeal to delay the execution Tuesday after a federal judge in Houston last week rejected it.State attorneys argued the civil rights lawsuit was a 'meritless tactic' to delay his 'well-deserved execution.' Chainsaws - Texas Rollergirls. A handful of death penalty states allow nitrogen hypoxia, although the method hasn't been used. 1.2K likes. They also warned of a problematic execution like ones in recent years in Ohio and Alabama.Stephen Hoffman, an assistant Texas attorney general opposing the lawsuit, said the court 'should give little consideration to isolated examples of problematic executions in other states when it has numerous uneventful Texas executions upon which to base its opinion.'
It was the first execution of its kind, in the United States, in 14 years.
Also, if a prisoner was sentenced to death before May 3, 2004, he may chose firing squad as the method of execution. Three Utah inmates have been executed by firing squad, the most recent in 2010.