“In addition to being near instant, death by shooting may also be comparatively painless,” Sotomayor wrote in a 2017 dissent. That idea is based on expectations that bullets will strike the heart, rupturing it and causing immediate unconsciousness as the inmate quickly bleeds to death. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor is among those who say firing squads are a more humane method of execution. Other states have reauthorized the use of electric chairs and gas chambers - or are at least considering doing so. Some have switched to more accessible drugs such as pentobarbital or midazolam, both of which, critics say, can cause excruciating pain. States have found it difficult to obtain the cocktail of drugs they long relied on, such as sodium thiopental, pancuronium bromide and potassium chloride. Under Idaho’s bill, firing squads would be used only if executioners can’t obtain the drugs required for lethal injections.Īs lethal injection became the primary execution method in the 2000s, drug companies began barring use of their drugs, saying they were meant to save lives, not take them. WHAT HAS CAUSED THE LETHAL DRUG SCARCITY? Utah is the only state to have used firing squads in the past 50 years, according to the Washington, D.C.-based Death Penalty Information Center. That's partly done to enable those bothered later by their participation to believe they may not have fired a fatal bullet. Gardner was pronounced dead two minutes later.Ī blank cartridge was loaded into one rifle without anyone knowing which. Five prison staffers drawn from a pool of volunteers fired from 25 feet (about 8 meters) away with. Write to Chae-yeon Kim at Kim edited this article.Gardner sat in a chair, sandbags around him and a target pinned over his heart. Its $300 million divestment from the franchise translated into almost six times return. Unison Capital's investment in 2014 in the milk tea brand marked the first case for a domestic PE firm to acquire a foreign-headquartered franchise operator and grow it as a global brand. With the stake sale to Unison Capital, Terarosa expects the PE house to drive its expansion abroad, repeating the success story of Gong Cha. Revenue edged down to 35 billion from 36 billion won during the period. However, pandemic-induced travel restrictions pulled its 2020 operating profit lower to 7.2 billion won, versus 8.5 billion won a year earlier. The exterior of Terarosa cafe in Gangneung
Terarosa is also termed the South Korean version of Blue Bottle Coffee, a specialty coffee roaster and retailer headquartered in Oakland, California. Specialty coffee is sourced from high-grade beans grown in select altitudes and climates. Meaning “red land” in Portuguese and “land of hope” in Brazilian, Terarosa has grown into a specialty coffee brand and a chain of 19 cafes across the country. Its exotic interior and unique exterior grabbed the eyes of coffee lovers, with the coffee roasting plant placed inside the cafe. The small roastery became a landmark place in the seaside city in Gangwon Province, 150 km northwest of Seoul.
2.Īfter the stake sale, founder and CEO Kim Yong-deok will remain as chief executive of the coffee brand and get involved in its day-to-day operations.īack in 2002, Kim opened the first store of Terarosa in his hometown, Gangneung, after quitting his 20-year banking career. The middle market-focused South Korean PE firm recently agreed to buy a 35% stake in Haksan Co., which runs the specialty coffee chain, according to investment banking sources on Nov. The operator of Terarosa, known as the Blue Bottle Coffee of South Korea, has received around 70 billion won ($60 million) in funding from Unison Capital, a private equity firm that hit a jackpot from its investment in milk tea brand Gong Cha. Terarosa Coffee house in Gangneung, South Korea
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