<P> Ronnie Lee Gardner ( January 16 , 1961 -- June 18 , 2010 ) was an American criminal who received the death penalty for murder in 1985 , and was executed by a firing squad by the state of Utah in 2010 . Gardner 's case spent nearly 25 years in the court system , prompting the Utah House of Representatives to introduce legislation to limit the number of appeals in capital cases . </P>
<P> Ronnie Lee Gardner ( January 16 , 1961 -- June 18 , 2010 ) was an American criminal who received the death penalty for murder in 1985 , and was executed by a firing squad by the state of Utah in 2010 . Gardner 's case spent nearly 25 years in the court system , prompting the Utah House of Representatives to introduce legislation to limit the number of appeals in capital cases . </P>
who was executed by firing squad in utah
who was executed by firing squad in utah
Ronnie Lee Gardner
Ronnie Lee Gardner