Executed by Firing Squad

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• firing squad — noun a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution • Syn: ↑firing party • Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine …   Useful english dictionary

• firing squad — noun VERB + FIRING SQUAD ▪ face ▪ He could face a firing squad if found guilty of the charges. ▪ be executed by, be shot by ▪ She was executed by firing squad. PREPOSITION …   Collocations dictionary

• Execution by firing squad — Firing squad and shot at dawn redirect here. For other uses, see Firing squad (disambiguation). For the UK memorial, see Shot at Dawn Memorial. Part of a series on Capital punishment …   Wikipedia

• executed — (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Performed] Syn. completed, done, carried out; see finished 1 . 2. [Formally put to death] Syn. killed, hanged, electrocuted, gassed, shot, shot at sunrise, sent before a firing squad, beheaded, guillotined, decapitated,… …   English dictionary for students

• List of Canadian soldiers executed for military offences — First World WarDuring the First World War, members of the Canadian Expeditionary Force were subject to British military discipline, which allowed execution by firing squad for crimes such as desertion or cowardice. During the war, 25 Canadian… …   Wikipedia

• Police Squad! — Infobox Television show name = Police Squad! caption = Title Screen format = Crime Comedy camera = picture format = runtime = 30 minutes creator = Jim Abrahams David Zucker Jerry Zucker developer = Paramount Television executive producer = Jim… …   Wikipedia

• List of individuals executed in Kansas — No one has been executed by the state of Kansas since 1965, although capital punishment is legal there. Historically, 58 people have been executed in the area now occupied by the state. Many of these were federal executions of soldiers and POWs,… …   Wikipedia

• List of New Zealand soldiers executed during World War I — The following soldiers serving on the Western Front with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force were executed for military offences during World War I. The executions, carried out by firing squad, were not made public at the time. All five were… …   Wikipedia

• Capital punishment in Utah — The execution chamber in Utah State Prison. The platform to the left is used for lethal injection. The metal chair to the right is used for execution by firing squad. Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Utah. Since 1850, a total of… …   Wikipedia

• Blood atonement — This article is about the concept in Mormonism. For the blood atonement of Jesus, see Passion (Christianity). For blood atonement in the context of Israelite animal sacrifice, see Korban. Execution by firing squad of John D. Lee for his role in… …   Wikipedia

• Capital punishment in the United States — This article is about capital punishment in the U.S. as a general overview. For the federal government s capital punishment laws, see Capital punishment by the United States federal government. Part of a series on Capital punishment …   Wikipedia