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Indonesia Executes 8 Drug Smugglers By Firing Squad, Spares Filipina At Last Minute

Apr 29, 2015 12:47 AM EDT

Indonesia stood by its stand that drug smugglers don't deserve to live. At 12:25 a.m. of Wednesday, it executed by firing squad eight convicted drug smugglers, including Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran of Australia.

Indonesia Set To Execute Foreign Death Row Inmates Despite World Appeals

Vittorio Hernandez |

Apr 26, 2015 04:30 AM EDT

Global appeals to stay the executions and commute the sentences to life term would likely be ignored by Indonesia for the 10 people on death row even if it would cause diplomatic tensions. It has gone through the same route a few months ago.

Utah Turns To Firing Squad As States Run Out Of Lethal Injection Drugs

Vittorio Hernandez |

Mar 12, 2015 10:36 PM EDT

The proposal to bring back the firing squad in Utah as a way of executing death-row convicts is an expression of the frustration of states over the shortage of lethal injection drugs.

Bali Nine Convicts To Face Indonesian Firing Squad

LJ Ross |

Mar 05, 2015 09:25 PM EST

Two Australian drug smuggling convicts of the Bali Nine were taken away from their Bali prison cells on Wednesday and brought to the island of Nusakambangan where they will be executed through firing squad.

Utah Lower House Approves Death by Firing Squad

Vittorio Hernandez |

Feb 14, 2015 12:46 AM EST

Utah wants to make sure it has a back-up method to execute prisoners on death row with the approval on Friday by the state's House of Representatives of a bill that would bring back the firing squad.

Indonesia's Execution of Drug Convicts Angers Brazil, The Netherlands

Vittorio Hernandez |

Jan 18, 2015 12:09 AM EST

Brazil and The Netherlands recalled their ambassadors to Indonesia for consultation, following the Saturday midnight execution of six drug smugglers, including two from the two nations.