"Wyoming Senate shoots down firing squad bill," is from Associated Press, via the Billings Gazette.
The Wyoming Senate has voted not to consider a bill to allow the use of firing squads to execute condemned inmates.
Sen. Bruce Burns, a Sheridan Republican, sponsored the bill.
And:
The bill would have required approval by two-thirds of senators for introduction. It failed Tuesday on a vote of 17 in favor, 13 opposed.
The article notes that the state has only one inmate on death row.
Earlier coverage from Wyoming begins at the link.
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