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Utah firing squad executes convicted killer
A Utah firing squad shot to death a convicted killer early on Friday in the third United States execution by that means since 1976.
A Utah firing squad shot to death a convicted killer early on Friday in the third United States execution by that means since 1976.
A man convicted of two murders was scheduled to die by firing squad on Friday, becoming the third man put to death by that means in the US since 1976.
Gordon B Hinckley, the world leader of Mormons who presided over a period of intensive growth for the religion, died on January 27 at the age of 97, officials said. Hinckley was ordained as the 15th president of the Utah-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in March 1995.