The article misses a major point. The firing squad method of capital punishment is rooted in Mormon doctrine, which teaches--astonishingly--that there are sins so heinous that they can not be forgiven without the offender's blood being shed. The effect of this particular heresy is to assert that the blood of Jesus Christ is insufficient to take away certain particularly egregious sins, which is, of course, at variance with scripture, big time. That, however, should not surprise anyone familiar with Mormonism.