Friday, September 12, 2003

Sentencing Commission Gets OK from LDS Church to Nix Firing Squad The Utah Sentencing Commission recently asked the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints for their support of efforts to eliminate the firing squad as a death penalty option. Sentencing Commission members were concerned that views of some Mormons about blood atonement would cause opposition to the elimination of the option. Salt Lake Tribune Death Penalty Information Center 1:02:42 PM