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ends with the execution of Gary Gilmore by firing squad in Utah. [DOC] [TLE] Ronnie Lee Gardner - Wikipedia [PAR] Ronnie Lee Gardner (January 16, 1961  June 18, 2010) was an American 
criminal who received the death penalty for murder in 1985, and was executed by 
a firing squad by the state of Utah in 2010. Gardner's case spent nearly 25 years 
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2001 USA Today article titled "Methods of Execution Have Changed with the 
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Five years later, Texas performed the first execution by lethal injection. [DOC] [TLE] Historical Timeline - Death Penalty - ProCon.org [PAR] Aug 13, 2013 ... Among other serious capital crimes in colonial times were murder, ... 1775 - 
Death Penalty Used in All 13 US Colonies at Outbreak of .... techniques of 
execution by hanging, firing squad, or electrocution." .... 17, 1977 - Gary Gilmore 
Becomes the First Person to Be Executed in the United States in 10 Years. [DOC] [TLE] Capital Punishment Timeline - Clark County Prosecuting Attorney [PAR] 1622 The first legal execution of a criminal in the American Colonies occurs in .... 
the death penalty no longer violates the Eighth Amendment in application. ... a 
Utah firing squad makes Gary Gilmore the first person executed in the U.S. in .... 
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Twenty-six states have carried out executions during the last ten years; [6] the ... 
Oklahoma provides that firing squads may be used as a method of execution only 
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with... [DOC] [TLE] A Chronology of Capital Punishment in the U.S. - Timeline [PAR] Politics and advances in technology influence use of the death penalty. ... Eight 
more states follow suit over the next 10 years. 1920s. Two sensational murder 
cases spark renewed debate over the death penalty. ... January 17, 1977. A Utah 
firing squad makes Gary Gilmore the first person executed in the U.S. in almost 
10... [DOC] [TLE] Gary Gilmore - Murderer, Criminal, Thief - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 3, 2016 ... Murderer, Criminal, Thief (19401977) ... Murderer Gary Gilmore was executed 
by a volunteer firing squad in 1977. ... point for opponents of the death penalty, 
and his execution was delayed for a time. ... Gilmore was the first man to be 
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Execution by firing squad is used for the last time in Utah, with... [DOC] [TLE] History of capital punishment in the United States | SCADP [PAR] April 30, 1790  The 1st U.S. Congress establishes the federal

Question: The 1977 execution of this murderer by firing squad was the first U.S. use of capital punishment in 10 years
Answer: Gary Gilmore