A killer on death row is seeking execution via firing squad instead of the state-proposed lethal injection, which would make him the first since 2010 in the United States to be put down using the rare method.
Zane Michael Floyd and his lawyers are requesting to replace injection with gunshots for a “faster and less painful death,” as per BBC yesterday, April 20, citing court documents obtained by the Associated Press.
Floyd fatally shot four people and badly injured five with a shotgun at a Las Vegas supermarket back in 1999. He pled guilty and was sentenced to death the next year.
Floyd’s camp is also fighting a possible June execution date, that if pushed through, will als…
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