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(RNS1-MAY24) Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner has opted to be executed by firing squad, which is reviving talk in some Mormon quarters in Utah about the “blood atonement” that is needed as a payment for sin. For use with RNS-BLOOD-ATONE, transmitted May 24, 2010. Photo by Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune.

(RNS1-MAY24) Convicted killer Ronnie Lee Gardner has opted to be executed by firing squad, which is reviving talk in some Mormon quarters in Utah about the “blood atonement” that is needed as a payment for sin. For use with RNS-BLOOD-ATONE, transmitted May 24, 2010. Photo by Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune.

RNS BLOOD ATONE