Ronnie Lee Gardner listens to proceedings during his commutation hearing at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah, Thursday, June 10, 2010. Nine days before he was set to be executed by a five-man ...

Randy Gardner, the brother of the last man executed in Utah, knows what the final hours are like before a family member gets executed. "My brother, Ronnie Lee Gardner, was the last person executed ...

The explosive reports sent a volley of .30-caliber bullets from the five marksmen into the chest of Ronnie Lee Gardner. I was expecting to flinch but didn't as I watched his execution from the ...

Ronnie Lee Gardner is to be executed by a firing squad for the 1985 murder of attorney Michael Burdell. His date with death is set for June 18. Gardner, 49, has asked the Utah Board of Pardons and ...

Convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner executed in early-morning hours. June 18, 2010— -- When a prison official opened a curtain to reveal the death chamber to witnesses early Friday ...

To the family members of his victims, Ronnie Lee Gardner was a violent killer. To Mr. Gardner’s own family, he was a father and soul mate whose destructive personality left deep emotional scars.

In court papers, attorneys for Gardner argue that justices should issue a stay of the planned June 18 execution and send the case back to state court for a new sentencing hearing. Attorney Andrew ...

DRAPER, Utah (CBS/AP/KUTV) At 12:17 a.m. Friday, convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner was pronounced dead after a Utah firing squad fired a volley of bullets into the murderer's chest, where a ...

SALT LAKE CITY -- After 25 years on death row, 49-year-old Ronnie Lee Gardner will face a firing squad June 18th. A judge signed the death warrant Friday morning. Gardner is one of at least four ...

In June, convicted murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner is scheduled to be executed by firing squad in the US state of Utah. Of the 35 US states that have the death penalty, Utah is the only one to give ...