South Carolina man, convicted of murder, becomes first U.S. prisoner executed by firing squad in 15 years

Since 1977 only three other prisoners — all from Utah— in the U.S. have been executed by firing squad, most recently Ronnie Lee Gardner in 2010; another Utah man, Ralph Menzies, could be next; he is awaiting the result of a hearing in which his lawyers argued that his dementia makes him unfit for execution

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