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On 12 October 1915 British nurse Edith Cavell was executed by a German firing squad at the Tir national shooting range at Schaerbeek, after being convicted of "conveying troops to the enemy" during the First World War.
- Execution by shooting
Execution by shooting is a method of capital punishment in...
- Eddie Slovik
Execution. The execution by firing squad was carried out at...
- Ronnie Lee Gardner
Ronnie Lee Gardner (January 16, 1961 – June 18, 2010) was an...
- Gary Gilmore
Gilmore was executed on January 17, 1977, at 8:07 a.m. by...
- Curt Bruns
Execution by firing squad: Known for: Becoming the first...
- Execution by shooting
Execution by firing squad, in the past sometimes called fusillading, is a method of capital punishment, particularly common in the military and in times of war. Some reasons for its use are that firearms are usually readily available and a gunshot to a vital organ, such as the brain or heart, most often will kill relatively quickly.
