Deseret News archives: Gary Gilmore firing squad death in 1977 was first US execution in 4 decades

On Jan, 17, 1977, nation watched capital punishment drama as Gilmore, convicted for pair of homicides, was put to death.

As public sentiment shifts, the death penalty should be abolished in Texas

Texas is indisputably the death penalty capital of the U.S., as Gov. Gregg Abbott and the Republican-dominated Legislature ...