6 Death row decision.

• Position: STATELINE - Brief article

Is execution by a firing squad cruel and unusual punishment? In 1878 the U.S. Supreme Court said, "No." But that question is being revisited after a Wyoming lawmaker announced he's drafting a bill that calls for a firing squad to execute condemned prisoners since lethal injection chemicals are becoming difficult for states to obtain. Current Wyoming law calls for a gas chamber to be used if drugs aren't available. But Wyoming doesn't have a gas chamber, and Senator Bruce Burns (R) points out and they're not cheap to build. A...