cannot cry out, and therefore is presumed dead ("This is your death..."). How ironic that one reason electrocution was kept in use was that, although expensive, it was immensely serene as far as the prisoner is concerned. Still used extensively throughout the world today and in its sole representing U.S. state, Utah, the firing squad has a much greater claim to being humane as bullets directly into the heart generally cause instantaneous death. Utah uses an extremely exact and well-practiced method which is immensely centered around concern for the victim by taking almost every precaution possible to ensure a quick and easy death. The victim is bound to a chair with leather straps that cross his waist and head. Next a doctor locates the exact position of his heart with a stethescope and pins a circular white target over it. Twenty feet away, on the other side of a canvas wall, are five men with .30- caliber rifles. Each man aims through a gun portal located in the center of the canvas and fire simultaneously. A prisoner dies as a result of blood loss caused by rupture of the heart or a large blood vessel, or tearing of the lungs. He loses consciousness when shock causes a fall in the supply of blood to the brain. Though a shot to the head causes instant death that method is not used due to high percentage of failures (Kaplan and Danil). Some countries deliberately alter these steps in or
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