E-mail from kinkyb!tch: utah is amazing. I had no idea. I hope they televise this for the families.
From MSNBC.com: SALT LAKE CITY - Utah is set to execute a condemned killer by firing squad shortly after midnight Thursday, reviving an old West style of justice that hasn't been used for at least 14 years and that many criticize as archaic.
Barring the success of any final appeals, Ronnie Lee Gardner will be strapped into a chair, have a target pinned over his heart and die in a hail of bullets from five anonymous marksmen armed with .30-caliber rifles and firing from behind a ported wall.
Although Utah altered its capital punishment law in 2004 to make lethal injection the default method, nine inmates convicted before that date, including Gardner, can still choose the firing squad over lethal injection.
In April, Gardner politely told a judge, "I would like the firing squad, please." His attorney said the decision was based on preference, not a desire to embarrass the state or draw publicity to his case.
Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. Gardner was at the court because he faced a 1984 murder charge in the shooting death of bartender Melvyn Otterstrom.
Have to give him credit for picking that method to die. And you're right, they should televise it.
Thanks kinkyb!tch.
I'll laugh if Gasol gets Finals MVP.
ReplyDeleteNah, it's Bryant of course.
ReplyDeleteFigures.
ReplyDelete66 for 163. I think that has a running for worst finals MVP ever.
ReplyDeleteYeah, he played awful. Perfect opportunity for an upset.
ReplyDeleteIs that your cousin Ronnie Spurs?
ReplyDeleteIt is Drew.
ReplyDeleteKobe is better then Michael Jordan.. Yeah I said it.. That's right.. I don't see Kobe taking a break to go play some double A baseball so he'll probably end up with around 8 rings when all is said and done.
ReplyDeleteI also don't see him finishing is career bumming around with the Wizards either.
There goes your credibility.
ReplyDeleteI don't see Kobe winning 8. But you're right, he won't end up bumming around.
ReplyDeleteYes he did AZ Anonymous.
ReplyDeletewhat the fuck is a ported wall? And do they really need "marksman" to carry out this execution when any video game playing four-year-old would work just fine?
ReplyDeleteWell, well, well. If it isn't Giraffe. Long time no see, how have you been?
ReplyDeleteAnd they need 5 marksman.
ReplyDeleteHi Spurs, I have been traipsing all over the world.
ReplyDeleteThat's great Giraffe. Have you been having fun?
ReplyDeleteIs CBT still around?
ReplyDeleteI cannot say I've been having fun, Spurs. But I'm going on a private train across the Northwest into Canada and then I'm being flown to a private island.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, he's still around. For example, this is a story from the other day:
ReplyDeleteOne day CBT had a rough day at work. He had just hired this secretary, he walks into the office, she says, "You look like you could use a blow job."
And she proceeded to give him one. True story.
I'm a "kept" woman nowadays. I've found out "kept" means kept away from fun, from friends, from other men.
ReplyDeleteA private island? Nice. Bag a whale Giraffe?
ReplyDeleteHow long have you been with him?
ReplyDeleteI cannot believe what I just read. I'm going to kick his ass. I'm inviting him to Arizona for a showdown.
ReplyDeletenot long, only three months. He is a bit rotund, but I wouldn't call him a whale, spurs.
ReplyDeletetomorrow night i'm sneaking out to Glendale.
ReplyDeleteit's a bad area, spurs, over there near Good year where dirtygirl lives. slums, as far as i'm concerned.
ReplyDeleteYou should. Have and old fashion gun fight.
ReplyDeleteI don't know if you missed this too, because I don't remember exactly when he wrote it, but he and his ex-wife's boyfriend was arguing on the phone with CBT, CBT berated him to the point he had a heart attack. Died right there on the phone.
gonna sing Harper Valley pta at a karaoke bar and eat bad mexican food. someone invited me
ReplyDeleteWell, whale means someone with a lot of cash.
ReplyDeleteGlendale is really that bad? Where are you going?
ReplyDeleteOh, you just answered.
ReplyDeletehahahhahaah oh god that is so fucking funny.
ReplyDeleteI'm going to become a myth buster.
ReplyDeleteIt is. CBT misses you being here though (as do others). He's always dropping your name. I think he still has a crush on you.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah? I guess you know a good place to start.
ReplyDeletegood old chief.
ReplyDeleteThat would be interesting if they took the one Marksman using a lead ball musket route.
ReplyDeleteFunny. Or Bullshit Bear.
ReplyDeleteThat would be interesting EV. Still can't believe there's that option in Utah.
ReplyDeletei'm really tired tonight spurs. i have to sleep. i took an ambien. i have a new doctor friend on the side who is giving me the good stuff.
ReplyDeleteor they could use a cannon, that would be bitchin'.
ReplyDeleteNice. Well, thanks a lot for finally dropping by again. I miss your humor a lot Giraffe.
ReplyDeleteA cannon would be great too.
ReplyDeletewell goodnight i am too depressed to wrangle.
ReplyDeletei'll be in touch from my gilded cage whenever i can elude my captor. i fly in private planes now, just like RR. it is lonely up in the sky looking down at all the peons.
ReplyDeleteThat's funny. Peasants need to understand that royalty owns the air.
ReplyDeleteThe lead ball musket appealed to me because of it's extremely slow reloading times and poor accuracy. Dude could be there all day trying to execute the guy.
ReplyDeleteYes, sometimes I google "coach" just to see them scrunched in like a bunch of jews in the train cars.
ReplyDeleteDamn EV, you really want to get medieval.
ReplyDeleteGood one Giraffe. Lowly scum they are. May as well be walking.
ReplyDeletehow eagerly they sit hostage in their seat waiting for that beverage cart to come down the aisle. meanwhile i'm flying above their heads, snapping my fingers, having my dinner served on nice plates, and freshly prepared. i order before i get on the plane, fresh salmon, anything i want.
ReplyDeletewhy the other day i even had maestros catered on the private jet.
ReplyDeleteThat sounds really nice. I'd say you're better than RR.
ReplyDeleteok, well, i will talk to you when i am in boulder. hopefully i will feel better.
ReplyDeleteI just would want to see what his reaction would be if some backwoods hick showed up to the execution with a Revolutionary war era gun. Probably wasn't his idea of firing squad.
ReplyDeleteWait, I thought you were kidding about being depressed Giraffe.
ReplyDeleteI still don't understand why they need five to pull it off.
ReplyDeleteI miss my old life, Spurs. You should see what this dude has done to my dogs. They are hardly recognizable in their bowtie, fuzzy collars, and ear ribbons.
ReplyDeleteI know, right? This is 2010. Give one guy an M4 and make quick work of this shit.
ReplyDeleteDamn, even your dogs are living in style? Sweet.
ReplyDeletewell, goodnight. my morning grooming is at 8am, so i better get to sleep.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if public hanging is on the option list.
ReplyDeleteI wonder if they all fire at once, or if the first guy misses they call in the next guy to give him a shot.
ReplyDeleteGoodnight Giraffe. Thanks again for stopping by.
ReplyDeleteEven better. Public be-headings. Geico could sponsor that shit.
ReplyDeletethey fire all at once. look up gary gilmore, i think his was televised.
ReplyDeleteHanging would be gruesome.
ReplyDeletePublic be-headings would certainly cut down on crime.
ReplyDeleteSo they do fire all at once? Nice.
ReplyDeletei think electrocution is the worst. Their eyes pop out so they definitely need that sack over the head. Cannot imagine an eyeball bouncing across the room and hitting someone in the face.
ReplyDeleteor maybe the gas chamber..hard call
ReplyDeleteYeah, you're right. Electrocution would be bad. And I think the observes are behind some glass.
ReplyDeletewell goodnight everyone.
ReplyDeleteCBT would Giraffe. Funny.
ReplyDeleteSweet dreams.
ReplyDeleteI guess they all fire one round each. I also read that they use four live rounds and one blank so the shooters can cast doubt on who fired the fatal shot.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting.
ReplyDeleteI also read that prisoners can't ask for alcoholic drinks for their last meal because it "dulls the senses."
ReplyDeleteKind of funny, Texas was the only state listed that limits it's last meals to food within the prison.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that. That really sucks.
ReplyDeleteYeah. I wonder if they at least give you extras.
ReplyDeleteFunny. You'd hope so.
ReplyDeleteI'm reading a list of famous last meals. This one was funny:
ReplyDeleteJames Edward Smith requested a lump of dirt, which was denied. He settled for a small cup of yogurt.
Least he had a sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteYeah. John Wayne Gacy requested the Colonels chicken.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good choice.
ReplyDeleteVictor Feguer requested a single olive with the pit still in
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I watched up until the 60 minute mark, then I figured I should come into work.
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I turned it on when 15 minutes were left
ReplyDeleteIt was 2-0 at the half. I saw the first goal the U.S. scored, but I guess I just missed the second.
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