Network - Great Crimes and Trials Collection 1 (1993) Part 11 The Case of Gary Gilmore

Great Crimes and Trials: Collection 1

With unprecedented worldwide access to archive footage spanning from 1896 to present day, Great Crimes and Trials of the 20th Century reconstructs those horrifying cases that made legal history. Collection One examines the horrific crimes committed by the Black Panther, the Hillside Stranglers, the Boston Strangler and Ted Bundy, to name just a few. This series also investigates the Lindbergh baby kidnapping and the Manson 'family' murders. Each episode combines archive with new interviews and examines individuals and motives, how each crime was committed, breakthroughs in investigations and what happened at the trial. Much of the material has never before been seen on TV.

Part 11: The Case of Gary Gilmore

He was the double murderer who insisted on being executed. The question always remained: how badly did he want to die, and why? It was good that he believed in reincarnation as on 17th January 1977 after years of legal moralising his wish was granted and he shot dead by a firing squad in Utah.

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