Gilmore ashes dispersed after execution with organ removal
Gary Mark Gilmore’s body was cremated in Provo and ashes planned for dispersal over Provo and Springville by airplane. University of Utah Medical Center reported his pituitary gland, eyes, kidneys and liver were removed for research or transplant, though kidneys were deemed not medically usable due to his death.
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Salt Lake City
Gary Mark Gilmore
Gilmore
Provo
Springville
Nicole Barrett
University of Utah Medical Center
Gilmore's last words to chaplain precede Utah execution
At Utah State Prison Gary Gilmore spoke Latin "Dominus vobiscum" to Father Thomas Meersman before firing squad. The chaplain answered "Et cum spiritu tuo" and Gilmore died after four heart hits at 8 07 am. Autopsy notes two minutes of breathing. Moore says Jensen outlived him by about a minute.
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Point OF the Mountain
Utah
Gary Gilmore
Utah State Prison
Thomas J. Meersman
Meersman
Gilmore
Father Meersman
Galmore
Gulmore
United States
Serge Moore
Moore
Max Jensen
Jensen
University of Utah Medical Center
Kentucky inmates face uncertain fate in death penalty cases
Five Kentucky prisoners condemned to death face likely resentencing as laws at their trials have since been voided. State officials said execution is very unlikely and a constitutional challenge could overturn many aspects of current death penalty sentences.
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Frankfort
Gary Calmore
Utah
Kentucky
Jim Baker
State Corrections Department
Bill Vollard
Tokyo Rose Likely Pardon Target Under Ford Plan
President Ford plans to pardon Iva Toguri known as Tokyo Rose per a Washington Post report. The 60 year old, convicted of treason in 1949, served six years and now works in a Chicago Oriental gift shop. The Justice Department pardon attorney reportedly sent a recommendation but would not confirm details.
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Ford
Tokyo
Washington Post
Iva Toguri
Aquino
Japan
D’aquino
White House
Justice Department
Associated Press
Larry Traylor
Execution Postponed Two Months In Jurek Case
Texas must spare Jerry Lane Jurek for at least two months as the U S Supreme Court considers his plea. The high court set a February 16 deadline for briefs and a March response from Texas. Jurek was convicted in 1974 for the 1973 murder of Wendy Adams in Cuero.
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Tex
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Jurek
Texas
United States
Gary Gilmore
Utah
Hells Gate River Bridge
Cuero
Wendy Adams
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