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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is defending his use of Twitter to tell the world that he had given the Department of Corrections the OK to execute a condemned man by firing squad.
Shurtleff’s tweet shortly before Ronnie Lee Gardner was shot to death Friday morning drew criticism from those who found his use of the microblogging site distasteful
Shurtleff’s post said: “I just gave the go ahead to Corrections Director to proceed with Gardner’s execution. May God grant him the mercy he denied his victims.” The Associated Press
