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'''Gary Mark Gilmore '''(December 4<sup>th</sup>, 1940 - January 17<sup>th</sup>, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he committed in Utah. After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a new series of death penalty statutes in the 1976 decision Gregg v. Georgia, he became the first person in almost ten years to be executed in the United States. | '''Gary Mark Gilmore '''(December 4<sup>th</sup>, 1940 - January 17<sup>th</sup>, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international attention for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he committed in Utah. After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a new series of death penalty statutes in the 1976 decision Gregg v. Georgia, he became the first person in almost ten years to be executed in the United States. | ||
Days before his execution, he felt a great deal of remorse, even meeting with a Catholic priest, who would later perform the last rights before being executed by firing squad, which he chose over hanging. | |||
His last words were'' Let´s Do It.'' | |||
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