gary gilmore

     

<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2001-04-04_DJ_02.jpg" target="_blank">His</a> execution in the 1970s opened the doors to many more:

Trivia about gary gilmore

  • Norman Mailer wrote about the life & death of this convicted killer in his book "The Executioner's Song"
  • On January 17, 1977 he faced a Utah firing squad for his crimes
  • Executed in Utah in 1977, he told his brother that their father was the first person he ever wanted to murder
  • The 1977 execution of this murderer by firing squad was the first U.S. use of capital punishment in 10 years
  • Firing squad, at the Utah State Prison, January 17, 1977
  • The 1980 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction went to Norman Mailer for a book on this convicted murderer

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