Nevada killer seeks firing squad over lethal injection if he's executed

A convicted killer fighting a possible June execution date that would make him the first person put to death in Nevada in 15 years is calling for the state to consider the firing squad as an option, a rare method in the United States.

Attorneys for Zane Michael Floyd say he doesn't want to die and are challenging the state plan to use a proposed three-drug lethal injection, which led to court challenges that twice delayed the execution of another convicted killer who later took his own life in prison. "This is not a delaying tactic," Brad Levenson, a federal public defender representing Floyd, said Monday.