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The delays in Gilmore's case may transfer to Robert Excel White the lugubrious distinction of becoming the first person executed in the U.S. in nearly a decade. Recently convicted of a triple murder during a shooting spree in Texas, he requested and got an early execution date: Dec...
The case of Gary Mark Gilmore, who has requested execution to avoid a life sentence in prison, poses a new legal problem for which Law School professors say they have no conclusive answer.
Gilmore was sentenced to death on Novermber 1 for the murder of two Utah men. Since then, he has repeatedly asked to have the sentence carried out, and has resisted all attempts to stay his execution.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is attempting to stay the execution, because it believes the state gave Gilmore an unfair choice--to die now or appeal the cae while remaining in jail with the death sentence hanging over him.
Utah Governor Calvin L. Rampton has delayed the execution pending a review of the case by the State Board of Pardons. The board was schuduled to convene on Wednesday, but had to delay the meeting until December 6 because of an unsuccessful suicide attempt by Gilmore last Tuesday.