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    Firing squads to be used in upcoming Utah executions

    As Arkansas rushes to execute several death row inmates due to execution drugs expiring soon, an even more macabre immorality is developing in Utah: 3 death row inmates have all elected to be killed by firing squad, a method that's still on the books as a sort of next resort if execution drugs are unable to be obtained in the appropriate amount of time.

    As manufacturers of propofol and other execution drugs refuse to sell to states as a stand against the death penalty, death by lethal injection becomes more difficult to pull off.

    Utah's execution methods are actually quite complicated: in 2004, death by firing squad was overturned, as the Utah legislature cited the amount of attention drawn as creating difficulty for the affected families. Then, in 2015, this was partially changed.

    Now, if execution drugs are in short supply, firing squads can be used as a backup method. Furthermore, those sentenced to death before 2004 are grandfathered and can decide their execution method, if they so choose, according to the options available at the time of sentencing.

    Taberon Dave Honie, Troy Michael Kell, and Ralph Leroy Menzies are all current death row inmates who have elected to die by firing squad. Although execution dates have not been set, many of them have been imprisoned for several decades.

    Convicted of heinous murders and rapes, these 3 men seem to have inflicted horrible pain on others. Still, why should we kill at all? Our justice system has overwhelming flaws, from lack of proper indigent defense to tainted appeals processes. It's crazy for us to openly acknowledge the error in the system and still put people to death. We need to stop pretending this is what dispensing justice looks like.

    MuckRock recently obtained the Utah Department of Corrections' execution manual, detailing protocols currently in place. On the issue of government transparency, it's unbelievable that such a document wasn't public in the first place, but had to be obtained via FOIA request. Such a request was initially denied in 2015, but recently released.

    The details outlined are grotesque, but the unfortunate standard in many states: 2 rounds must be loaded into each weapon, with 1 weapon shooting blanks. A target should be placed over the heart of the one being executed. There are countdowns and waiting periods and the last words are supposed to be recorded via audio, then destroyed within 24 hours of the execution. One can't help but think that if information like this were made more public, fewer people would be able to stomach the horror of the death penalty.

    Some believe firing squads are more humane as lethal injection has been scrutinized due to the high prevalence of botched executions. Others argue that firing squads disallow us to be detached from the real matter at hand: the taking of a human life. For this reason, some death penalty abolitionists see firing squads as the easiest way of changing public opinion. The gruesome nature of firing squads reminds us that execution isn't some sanitized, near-medical procedure done by a phlebotomist in a dimmed room, but rather the killing of a human being.

    Many scholars and activists think the recent controversy in Arkansas is bringing legal issues with the death penalty to light, exposing procedural problems and leaving pits in the bottoms of people's stomachs as they begin to realize what the death penalty looks like up close. Hopefully, as Utah's firing squads are examined further, people will begin to realize that our repugnant idea of justice needs to be reformed.

    http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/3279...ecutions-foia/

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    Utah death row inmate moves closer to execution, but it’s still likely years away

    BY BEN WINSLOW
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    SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has rejected arguments made by a death row inmate seeking to block his pending execution.

    Taberon Honie is on death row for the 1998 murder of his girlfriend’s mother, Claudia Benn. He slit her throat and sexually assaulted her. Benn’s grandchildren witnessed the killing, prosecutors said.

    In a ruling issued Thurday, U.S. District Court Judge Julie Robinson cut through Honie’s requests to consider additional evidence in his death penalty appeals, siding with the state.

    “The court will now proceed to consider and rule on the petition,” she wrote.

    Honie’s petition for habeas corpus is one of the few remaining claims, although it will likely take years to litigate with another round of appeals.

    https://fox13now.com/2018/07/20/utah...ly-years-away/
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    On June 12, 2019, Honie's amended habeas petition was DENIED in Federal District Court.

    https://docs.justia.com/cases/federa...0628/62873/135

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    On November 6, 2019, Honie filed an appeal before the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ci...s/ca10/19-4158

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    On January 22, 2021, oral argument will be heard in Honie's appeal before the Tenth Circuit.

    https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/...y_2021_Cal.pdf

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    That is surprisingly fast. Honie might be on his way to being the next Utah execution.
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    The panel hearing Honie's appeal will be made up of Judges Lucero (Clinton), Holmes (G.W. Bush) and Phillips (Obama).

    https://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/sites/...2021_Final.pdf

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    Habeas relief denied by the 10th Circuit.

    https://law.justia.com/cases/federal...023-01-26.html
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    Senior Judge Lucero dissented and would have remanded for a new sentencing hearing.

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