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  • they should have started at the legs, slowly making their way up with .22 bullets to feel maximum pain for longest time

  • if they choose getting shot, why firing squad? shouldn't they be offered a shot in the head? the soviet union had one of the most effective death sentences, they just took you to a cell and shot you in the head. why have a group of people standing at a distance firing at the body when one shot is all that is needed. cheaper, less pain, faster...

  • no more death sentences.

  • In...capitalist...? America gun shoot YOU!q

  • what about execution of throwing them at amazon river with full piranhas

  • Because archaic really matters when death is involved. Firing squad is cheaper, faster, and less chance for error. I mean common, if I were on death row I would rather be shot with a dozen guns rather than being pumped full of chemicals that have to be extremely fine tuned or your ass is chemically fried for hours. Then they have to try again....

  • @thatguywhohatesnoobs why not just one bullet in the head? that's even cheaper, faster, less chance for error, and less painful.

  • Talking about "Modern Era" when you're talking about death sentence...

    If you look up death sentence, America is the only non 3rd world country that has it

  • They deal death sentences by Firing Squads?? WTF?!?! That's awesome!! :D

  • @TBKSLyCooPeR i'd prefer catapult, that's even more awesome.

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  • Any death sentence, they should feel as much pain as they possibly can!

  • All this people saying it's wrong to kill him that way, you do realise the convicts get to choose how they go. This guy chose firing squad, and threatened to sue if he wasn't granted that method.

  • More humane than an injection, at least.

  • @Syntage88 Is it really though? I know injection is not the most humane way... but would you rather be put to sleep forever by drugs, or shot sitting in a chair where you likely will be conscious and completely aware all the way until the point that your heart stops. Most firing squads aim for the chest, which means there is about 10-20 seconds after the shots where you will feel pain, and you will die.

  • @scott71785

    Thing thing is, I don't believe it's as peaceful as being put to sleep. What might be going through the head of the prisoner as his heart stops? I believe a gunshot would put a person into shock and they would not experience as much pain as it appears.

    I would suspect a simple shot to the head would be humane, done by a skilled executioner. That being said, I'm sounding a little dark talking about this subject. I do hope Gardner went peacefully.

  • 1:10

    5 shooters will be in the room, shooting him...4 people will have a bullet, 1 will not...?

    Why does it even matter? Is it like...turning an execution into a game or something? Like..."Aww man! I got the gun with the blank in it! Oh, you guys got me alright!"

  • @Galactis I think its something to give the firing squad peace of mind thinking that they were the one who had the blank. So no-one has the guilt and psychological damage.

  • @1stNightingale That would make sense, if the blank wasn't in a random gun. So technically, who ever is shooting, doesn't exactly know if they had the blank or not. Makes it kinda pointless to have a random gun with a blank in it.

  • @Galactis Yes so naturally they will rationalise it so that they dont feel guilty all choosing to believe that they had the blank. Only a logical realist will admit that there is a one in five chance of being innocent. The rest will just use that to stop psychological trauma.

  • @1stNightingale Ah, ok. I see.

  • Good riddance, Kill anybody that has killed another human unless somebody kills somone that has killed there wife, child or parents just for the hell of it

  • I didn't even know people in the U.S. could be executed by a firing squad.....wow.

  • the lady at 0:19 is a DUMB BITCH. she's a professor?? really?? She says there is "evidence" of lethal injection being problematic but she doesn't even mention any of it. she is clearly making this up.

  • I didnt even know the States did this thats fucking crazy 4 dudes shooting you ?? wtf is the point why not just one guy put a bullet in his head? why four? In Canada we dont even have a death penalty .

  • @JBhab30 You know, there is great uncertainty what is going on inside American heads. Over here in Europe we are utterly amazed how much Americans can screw up when assigned a simple task like killing a prisoner. However, you'll have to admit that at least in America they won't put you into jail for a longer time for downloading movies than for molesting children as it is in Europe.

  • @Shadyblast Thats messed up , Canada we have 25 to life and no death penalty but and some get out earlier then 15 years but the people that kill here most of the time aren't serial rapist and serial murderers like right now they are looking for the Long Island killer hes killed like 18 girls like who fucking does that shit

  • @Shadyblast Lol that Dotcom guy eh

  • or atleast not widely used.(I'm assuming that there are not many states that use it today?)

  • We still use the firing squad? Not saying anything negative I just was not aware that this for of execution was still used.

  • Wish we had the death penalty here in NZ.

  • @Elvishairdude89 Guillotine is still the best way. I think firing squads have proven themselves ineffective during world war two, even with multiple bullets. You still have to go up there and pop one in the noodle. Decapitation or hanging are the quickest and most effective methods.

  • They should have let him rot in an old well with no food or water.

    Why waste good bullets on him

  • @brokenbones199 Thats what happens to you in Canada no easy way out if you wanna die you gotta do it yourself if you knwo what i mean.

  • @brokenbones199 Americans have a tendency to "waste" bullets. They waste them on their spouses, children, parents, bosses, classmates, innocent civilians, ext...ext.

  • It's the quickest method.

  • torture the cunt to death fucking faggot assholewipe

  • @beamprimary You would be the ultimate spectator at a public execution my good person. You are a true American. God bless you!

  • I have a question, can someone please answer me?

    I do not understand why one of the men in the firing squad has no bullet in his gun...what is the purpose of doing that?

  • @raffilar .. hypocrisy?

  • @raffilar probably to lessen the guilt of killing someone. if one person's gun has no bullet but nobody knows which one, there's a possibility that it was yours and that you didn't actually shoot anyone. i'm pretty sure they did the same sort of thing on the enola gay. i think that's probably why

  • Iam scared for him :s

  • I think they desearve a chance. No one desearves to die.

  • Wouldn't it be fun now to see if Derren Brown would dare to play russian roulette again with this death squad to find out if he could dodge the bullet again given that last effort of his was staged and fake.

  • hell yeah this is how we do it in utah!!

  • Statiscally the USA is the country with the most % of population in prisons. Is it that Americans are more likely to become criminals or... That the system doesn't work, just like Vietnam, Nixon, Bush even the Olympics you came second to China ! Just isn't working it's time to bring human qualities back into the USA, queueing for 2 hours with hundreds of non American at a passport control for a 3 month visa just explains my point. It is easier going to China... Get the dream back or just choke

  • America Amerlica America showing the example to the rest of the world that they (Americans consider barbaric and backwards) I raise my glass and say "Goodluck"

  • How the fuck is the firing squad more humane than death by lethal injection. Bullshit bitch.

  • Atleast he took it like a man and didn't cry like a little bitch like Troy Davis.

  • I think they ment to say 4 people without a bullet, and one person with a bullet

  • No she is right, 4 live & 1 blank, In this case it wasn't a blank round, but one made of wax, as an experienced marksman can tell the difference between a blank and a live cartridge. Now all the shots will feel the same and an executioner can still feel a diffusion of responsibilty.

    You couldn't rely on just one bullet, it would be like putting 'just enough' toxin into the lethal injection.

  • If I ever got executed, this is what I would want... I'd rather die painless and outside than in pain, indoors.

  • No method of execution is 100% reliable.

  • why one unloaded gun?

  • @MrZroe So no one can ever be absolutely 100% sure that you actually executed a man. (If you're in the firing squad).

  • @MrZroe No member of the firing squad is told beforehand if he is using live ammunition. This is believed to reinforce the sense of diffusion of responsibility among the firing squad members, making the execution process more reliable. It also allows each member of the firing squad to believe afterward that he did not personally fire a fatal shot.

  • GIVE ME THE GUN!!! or better yet, I will cut off his balls and let that pig bleed out.

  • koolll!!!

  • This would be my preferred way if I was executed. The needle just seems so... unreliable. If you don't get the dose right it isn't guarenteed to put you to sleep, and since doctors and nurses can't administer the drugs, it probably happens often. I'd say this guy is lucky.

  • HAHAHA first guy in 14 years

  • And the USA critisizes other countrys for their death penaltys, and look at this, shooting people to death. I'd rather get my head clean chopped off in saudi

  • @hudfadz I'd like to watch that!

  • lethal injection costs the tax payer alot of money. if the convicted confessed to the crime or if there is an overwelming evidence against him. an eye for eye, tooth for a tooth. a bullet is cheaper therefor saving our state money

  • u people are idiots for being agaisnt death penalty...think about it? death is death who the fuck cares how you go, these criminals has taken lives of other and now you feel sympathy among them? every imates runs the goverment about 30 thousand to keep them alive in jail...I rather see that money go to education and health care, the hell with these murderers...let em all burn in hell.

  • @o0Sp3cia1K0o So you think it makes sense to punish someone for murder with murder? I thought murder was wrong and thats the whole reason they got arrested, then the government kills them.

  • @Bouser In the english dictionary murder define as murder stealing is stealing, but in reality the system works differently...there are certain judgmental levels of senario you can look at. thats why we have judges and juries to decide on these cases.

    if you think murder in any way shape or form is wrong...would you still think killing in self defense is the same?

  • Why the F is there death by firing squad in the US? Is this freaking Cuba in the 1950s??

  • @susankohistany It said in the video that firing squad is not the default method and is instead an option for people who don't wish to go through lethal injection. I fail to see the problem. 2 dollars in ammunition is a lot better than the thousands that lethal injection runs or the potential millions that life in prison cost.

  • fuck the death penalty

  • I am sure he found the firing squad much more enjoyable than the injection.

  • why are only 4 people gonna have bullets why not have a whole magazine for all of them?

  • @jordenedghill Obviously the people there are better at shooting than I am.

  • @alanheath no i mean like they said only 3 people were done that way and it's illegal to kill someone so why not take advantage off it and have a target practice haha!

  • @jordenedghill Come to think of it that is a good idea. At the end of the day it costs a fortune to train soldiers how to shoot. In my case the British government wasted their money!

  • @jordenedghill

    They do that so every one who is shooting doesn't know if they were shooting a real bullet or a blank. It's a way to help avoid guilt. Kinda silly huh? I am sure they are instructed to shoot in one area, the heart. I wonder if the person being executed is wearing a mask or not?

  • @icimblind oh yes they are wearing a black bag over there head when they are being executed!!!

  • OOOFUCKINGRAH!!! theres eye for eye right there! GET SOME!!!!

  • An eye for an eye

  • oh great ! the person who created this law should pull the trigger , yet they'll make someone else kill this man, cowards that rejoice over committing murder !!!

  • The firing squad is much better than lethal injection, I wish we could hang them.

  • @QueerSwede1 your mom's sick

  • This is wrong. Death Penalty is not the way IMO

  • @theboxmike Crime is not the way. Had he not killed anyone he would not be there in this film.

  • They still do this?!?!?!?!!!! We should NOT have the right to KILL!!!

  • Death penalty is sick.

    

  • @QueerSwede1 is it more sick then someone who kills 95 people which over 80 were children?

  • GO UTAH

  • I guess we are civilized?

  • Another dead pink ape, you KNOW I'm happy XD!!!

  • @Badin10tions ... Just shut up.

  • Death is too easy. I think they should put them in a room with only a toilet and one bread and water meal a day for life.

  • no problems with the firing squad? the lady should check out the execution of the two Guatemalan peasants who had raped and killed a 4 year old girl.

  • well u know what they say... PAYBACK IS A BITCH lol, hope he enjoyed his guts being pumped full of lead, and u all take it in as a lesson u bunch of fucktards who are against death-penalties

  • Par t2 of 2 I work for a living and I make $32,000 a year and obey the laws and take care my community could someone do the math here for me. Our governments is a joke. But

  • fuck yeah!!

  • Sir, the point is to have a fair system. Everyday the middle class are put away in jail or sentenced to death, but if you have lots of money and power especially in this country, then you're given a slap on the wrist and that's all. You don't get extensive jail time nor the death penalty. Try to see things beyond a cooky cutter lawyer's perspective and the hypocritical laws he follows. The law benefits the status quo and nothing else.

  • @wonderwhaz797 Very well put.

    I think Conan O'Brien was spot on in his 2011 Dartmouth College commencement address when he said; "If it does rain, the powerful rich people on stage get the tent."

  • oh wow 14 years but i would rather be shot than put to sleep like a dog

  • he was good enough for the U.S military though er? just like the Oklahoma F.B.I building bomber & countless others who went on to kill as a civilian & some who were still serving like the American soldier who threw a handful of grenades into an officers tent in the 90`s, a coincidence? surly not! Way to grow em guys!

  • I don't know how it's possible for there to be a 'humane' way to kill someone. It's murder.

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  • @akjonny665 exactly dude,"but in europe etc..." bitch this isnt europe!

  • @sabiansk8er I never said this was Europe,,, bitch

  • @akjonny665 i never said u said this was europe..take it bitch

  • @sabiansk8er You're the bitch, fucking troll

  • lol. the world is fucked up

  • I don't know about anyone else.. But i'd rather have a murderer out on the streets then a child molester.. Just saying.

  • well i'm glad to see so many willing killers here. Honestly do you not see how this guy talks he isn't afriad to get killed he loves killing and getting killed is like going to heven for these type of people. A killer afriad to die through being killed thats a good one.There not normal people who fear being murder get that thourgh your heads people.

  • shit 12:01 am?

    that means they wake u up to say time to die lol

  • Definetly People Needs god, peace, love. Comments seems to be written by the guy in the orange clothe, full of hate.

  • I say fuck lethal injection. It's too easy. Firing squad and the gas chamber are better methods, and much quicker.

  • I think people should die/ be tortured in the same way as their victims!

    If they rape someone. RAPE THEM

    If they run someone over: RUN THEM OVER

    If they kill some with a knife: STAB THEM

    And eye for an eye may make the whole world blind but its a lot more even!

  • @Rizrsniper what is the punishment for suicide bombers? dig any left over remains up and blow the rest up? after al you said an eye for an eye.

  • Go a go on you false Apostles make more laws against The Meek execute more Prisoners and the place Yahweh called God will sent you to a place hotter than hell that Is If that Angle In Act chapter 12 don't kill you first, It would be a mercy killing so you don't have to go to that place that Is hotter than hell.

  • Shoot all these corrupt judges, bankers, lawyers and politicians doing nothing for this country

  • COOL!

  • cheap, and effective way to go. a life sentence in jail is more costly, and the injection is probably a lot more money than a few bullets

  • I'm sorry, I don't understand the part where one gunman doesn't have a bullet. Why is this?

  • @Navex3 because they wanna make it so no one know who shoot him and soo it not kill for kill they wanna make sure that the executiners dont get a thrill by it also

  • @Navex3 Its so the members of the firing squad don't really know who shot and who didn't. So they really don't know for sure if they shot the man or not. Its just for the psychological effects of the shooters.

  • Just as their father satan the devil who thinks he Is Yahweh called God, they think by executing People make then look more like A true Authority as Them In Romans chapter 13 but Us that know the truth know they are false Apostles that are going to burn In hell.

  • rife recoil who fired the live round and so does Yahweh and you false Apostles are going to burn In hell. 

  • Its a shame this Man life and death meant Nothing. He could have Learned about Yashua called Jesus The Christ and these politicians ruling The USA are the children of satan the devil, who were Never Chosen by Yashua called Jesus The Christ to be A Authority that they are false Apostles that are going to burn In hell and they blew up the world trade centers on September 11 2001 Google 911 Blueprint for truth. But asking to be shot by firing squad We unless they used a stand We know by the----

  • It would be nice to someday see the Federal Reserve Chairman sit on the same chair.

  • what kind of sick freak volunteers for firing squad detail? someone with a disgusting blood lust who wants to "legally" murder someone? ill bet a couple of them just came back from iraq/afghanistan.

  • @smokedaddyo they are picked, one rifle is loaded with a blank. This guy is already dead.Executed early this morning and pronounced dead at 12:20 am

  • @icanmyshoetie i highly doubt they are picked. i don think they could force a prison guard to murder someone. and im not saying i have sympathy for the guy, but for someone to justify murdering him because he murdered someone else doesnt add up to me. its just disturbing.

  • @smokedaddyo They should shoot the protestors as well!!

  • @smokedaddyo Actually, it's five local police officers who pull the trigger.

  • The massive tissue trauma and hydrostatic shock caused by a hollowpoint centerfire rifle round(s) impacting the thoracic cavity within its point blank range will cause instant incapacitation and death.

    Those of you who are crying about how inhumane this was do not know what you are talking about.

  • Since we have the death penalty, another option should be Alma. Yes. Death by Alma.

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  • @yourmumisadick

    firing squad is good. the so called '3rd world' countries have far less crime rate than the '1st world' west...

  • @yourmumisadick eerrr... he chose the firing squad. A firing squad gives an instant painless and extremely cheap death 100% of the time. A lethal injection is very expensive, can leave you in agony for in one case 3 hours, and in one case, can take 20 administrations to kill you over a period of days. I'd rather have the firing squad any day.

  • The US is the most Bullshit country in the world and Utah is the most Bullshit state in the country.

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  • Don't kill any humans! Let him repent his sin and think about what he has done. Killing him doesn't give him that chance.

  • @KaiLuck but the Bible says we as Christians should kill him? It also says we should kill gays!

  • @Smadlin01 I Am One of the few that even has The Right to call Themselves An Apostle Prophet the only reason I did Not was because Not being able to super naturally do miracles and healings but Yahsua called Jesus The Christ has spoken to Me before and I Received some Foundational Knowledge and Prophecy that came true, I resigned around 2006 because I wanted to show that I would for the sake of The Gospel but politicians would Not to save the Country. ----

  • @KaiLuck He decided his own fate when he murdered.

  • Yeah baby, they are gonna aim right at your balls you bitch!

  • Archaic my ass, it's cheaper,  fuck them.

  • Firing squad should be the standard for disposing of Democrats.

  • why 4 outa 5 loaded?

  • @mykmmc Because it's a tradition, and I guess it makes the people killing him feel less guilty because it's the prisoner that chooses who to get shot from.

  • @fog0death I always thought they had 4 loaded rifles and 1 blank rifle so it that theres a chance that firing squad members would have the hope that the one of them didn't fire the fatal shot. It could be anyone of them that had the blank, so you can keep thinking that maybe you didn't kill someone. Also I don't think the convicted prisoner gets to choose who shoots him, I believe they all fire at the same time. Which means he doesn't have a chance at surviving. Those 4 bullets will be used!

  • @fog0death How does the prisoner choose who to get shot from?

  • Does this mean that the CEO of BP will be shot too? His company only murdered the entire gulf of Mexico. Oh yeah, that's right, rich people don't get the death penalty, only the working class.

  • @wonderwhaz797 Agreed. And I think BP falls into being a corporate eco terrorists. BP did more damage than 9/11 ever did and the oil spill continued for months. The first world should not do business with BP but US forces accepts their fuel.

    We've been seeking Osama Bin Laden and the CEO of BP apologizes on Youtube.

  • @wonderwhaz797 of course, because you use nothing with any oil.

  • @wonderwhaz797 execution requires murder .

    murder is defined as

    1. The unlawful killing of one human by another, especially with premeditated malice.

    BP CEO had no malice, so it was not murder. the BP corporation will be held accountable in a court of law.

    but not the CEO for a charge that doesn't make sense.

  • @hoppinglark Now, since murder is defined as the unlawful killing of one human by another through malice, let's look at how current bullshit law views corporations. Insane as it may be, corporations are considered a person by law. Look it up. So, shouldn't the CEO who is the head of that "person" be tried for the crimes of BP and executed since he knew the equipment on that oil rig was unsafe and any potential rupture would be catastrophic and kill many? Disregard is a form of malice. Cont..

  • Malice under current law is defined as wrongful intention. Is not the disregard for the safety of those on that oil rig a wrongful intention? The CEO of BP knew that a rupture could occur due to faulty equipment, but he chose to do nothing about it. So his intentions were wrong because he didn't care about the potential catastrophe that would kill thousands of marine animals(fish, sea mammals and birds) and humans too. And let's not forget, no one went to jail for this either. WHAT A HORROR!

  • @wonderwhaz797

    well, if that's how you feel write your congressman.

  • @wonderwhaz797 1st off who care about the animals. There are literally billions of fish in the sea. Try caring about the fisherman.2nd how about you don't blame BP for the oil spill. Blame the environmentalist who force oil companies to drill a mile or more below sea level. If an oil spill happened in shallower water the leak would have been plugged with no problems and if oil companies were allowed to drill in America's vast oil fields there would have been practically no damage at all.

  • @wonderwhaz797 but he said hes sorrrrrrry...

  • @wonderwhaz797 u f-ing numbnut brain. But don't misunderstand, I'm glad there are libtards like you in the world because it makes others feel better about themselves.

  • What about death by Bp Gulf oil spill?

  • This is one story i didnt see coming.

    Not to mension i had no idea what the hell they ment by "FIRING SQUAD" until i read the updated story on the Wii.

    Wouldnt that be wrong to kill him that way.

    Its like playing target practice if you ask me

  • @Wiimaster10144 He chose to die that way, and by the way there's a chance he won't die since 1 of the 5 guns isn't loaded. I personally would rather die by a bullet than chemicals. I'd rather die from a physical attack than a sickness.

  • Bunch of liberal bullshit. Stand him against the wall pull the trigger watch him fall. Bring another to the wall, pull the trigger and cheer his fall. Life is hard, for those whom fail to adapt we must adapt them.

  • the sad part is that there are thousands of this hardcore killers using taxpayers money in jail throughout America, and most of them only get 10, 15, 20 years for a murder than they are released back to the street to kill again!!?

    these murderers should be killed immediately once they are convicted! there should be NO waiting time wasting taxpayers money in jail cells.

    i could live a long life from that tax money without having to work just to pay for food and maintenance of these murderers!

  • @TheShackledCrusader *-*AMEN TO THAT, BROTHER!!

  • @TheShackledCrusader or just cut their penis off and make them eat it.

  • @TheShackledCrusader well at least they wouldn´t have to fucking wait 20-30 years for their execution which is inhuman btw!

  • @TheShackledCrusader You are stupid.

  • @TheShackledCrusader so one night your walking down the street at night hear a gun shot turn down the alley to see what happened and a man runs past you you go down the alley to see if the shot man is alive but the cops show up see you with his blood all over you nad fingerprints on the gun they pull out their side arms and shoot too into your head judge jury executioner style. because thats basically what your asking for thats about as little tax payer money as possible

  • @derickhaywood your an idiot the forensics would know you didnt fire the gun as you would not have gun powder residue on your hands