Do firing squads still exist?

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Gonz

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Feb 13, 12:13 AM (ET) By Chris Stetkiewicz

SEATTLE (Reuters) - A U.S. National Guardsman in Washington state has been charged with trying to pass military secrets to the Islamic militant group al Qaeda after being caught in a sting operation, military officials said on Thursday.

Army Spc. Ryan Anderson, a tank crewman, was slated for deployment to Iraq this summer from Fort Lewis, near Tacoma, Washington, where his unit is based.

U.S. officials have said al Qaeda, accused of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on U.S. cities and of targeting other American facilities around the world, was also involved in some attacks on U.S. forces in Iraq.

Anderson was arrested on Thursday for "aiding the enemy by wrongfully attempting to give information to the al Qaeda terrorist network," according to Lt. Col. Stephen Barger, a spokesman at Fort Lewis.
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I think that military courts can still call for them, but I haven't heard of one in years. I imagine that they'd go the state sponsored route of injection.
 
I don't know if the stories are true but I like what I heard about China. If you're sentenced to die you go to prison. One day after whatever happens or whomever gets bored they walk up behind you & pop you in the head. No 20 year rejects on their death row.
 
I think Utah is where the most recent firing squad execution occured (two in 2003). 1996 also saw a firing squad execution in Utah.

I guess it's pretty popular in Utah due to the media attention brought about by the 1977 and 1996 firing squad executions.
 
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