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Eyewitness to the Firing Squad

As a Utah man elects to be executed in a hail of gunfire, Lawrence Schiller recalls his last talks with condemned man Gary Gilmore and what he witnessed as Gilmore chose to die by firing squad.

Lawrence Schiller
Lawrence Schiller
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Lawrence Schiller

Lawrence Schiller

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