Four bullet holes in an execution chamber: How double killer met his end at hands of a firing squad (after watching Lord of the Rings trilogy)
Convicted killer Ronnie Gardner spent the hours before he faced the firing squad watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Utah prison officials revealed.
Convicted killer Ronnie Gardner spent the hours before he faced the firing squad watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy, Utah prison officials revealed.
The death row inmate was described as ‘relaxed’ during his last day. He also spent time reading the novel ‘Divine Justice’ and sleeping.
He also met with his lawyers and a bishop from the Mormon church just hours before he was shot dead by a team of five anonymous marksmen with a matched set of .30-calibre rifles.
He had eaten his last requested meal – steak, lobster tail, apple pie, vanilla ice cream and 7UP – two days earlier.
Gardner, who had a white target pinned to his chest and was strapped to a chair, was pronounced dead at 12.20am (0620 GMT).
He is the first person to be executed by firing squad in the US in 14 years.
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