#BotchedExecutions | Wallace Wilkerson And The Firing Squad That Missed

In March 1879, the Supreme Court said a firing squad wasn't cruel and unusual punishment. Two months later in Provo, Wallace Wilkerson refused the blindfold, the rifles missed his heart, and he took 27 minutes to die.

From the book “BOTCHED EXECUTIONS: Four Centuries Of Failed Hangings, Electrocutions, Gassings, Injections And Firing Squads” by Darren Marlar at https://weirddarkness.com/botchedexecutions

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Originally aired: October 08, 2026

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