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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. | ||
His last words were'' Let´s Do It.'' | |||
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Gary Mark Gilmore (December 4th, 1940 - January 17th, 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.
His last words were Let´s Do It.
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