firing squad
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A group of 72 retired US generals, admirals, and other high-ranking military officers are pressing the US government to cancel plans to livestream an execution by firing squad.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
Their most famous works include “The Execution of Christ,” in which a firing squad of Mao’s take aim at Jesus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 26, 2026
In 1867, as Paris withdrew support and Washington backed the nationalist cause, Maximilian drew his final breath before a Mexican firing squad.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
Borrowing from what Justice Sonia Sotomayor suggested in 2017, we can’t know whether his death was “comparatively painless” or whether, as Denno says, South Carolina’s firing squad delivered a “swift and certain death.”
From Slate ● Mar. 11, 2025
Regan looked like she was ready to meet a firing squad when we finally arrived outside her mom’s office door.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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