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John Albert Taylor (c. 1960 – January 26, 1996) was executed by firing squad in Utah on January 26, 1996 at 12:03 a.m. Mountain Time for the 1988 rape and strangulation of 11-year-old Charla King. He is currently the last person to have been executed in the United States by firing squad, but as of 2008, the method remains a legal backup method of execution in two of the United States (Idaho and Oklahoma). Over 150 TV crews from around the world were on hand to report the execution, with nine media witnesses being allowed to record the actual event. One of the journalists, Paul Murphy (from KTVX Channel 4, Salt Lake City) said:
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Charles Ray Hatcher vs John Albert Taylor, 
