Killer chooses execution by firing squad

The US state of Utah is set to execute a convicted killer by firing squad after a judge agreed to the inmate’s request, renewing a debate over what critics see as an antiquated, Old West-style of justice.

Ronnie Lee Gardner, 49, was given the choice of being killed by lethal injection or shot by a five-man team of executioners firing from a set of matched rifles – a rarely used method of execution.