Firing Squads

Firing Squads



The concept of death by firing squad may seem like something out of a film, but this method of execution is hardly cinematic fiction. As of 2012, this form of capital punishment is still used in 28 countries, including the US, plus dozens more that allow general shootings. 

Firing squads are allegedly the execution method of choice in North Korea, based on video evidence smuggled out of the country.

China has also relied on the technique until a court ruling in 2010 deemed fatal injection more humane. 

Domestically, the state of Utah reintroduced firing squads in 2015 as a method of capital punishment because of the difficulty in obtaining drugs for injections.

In 2017, Mississippi did the same. The two states, in addition to Oklahoma, allow squads as a last resort. 

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