>Gary Gilmore was shot by a firing squad in Utah in 1977.
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>>I once worked under a captain who had ben a hangman for the US Army in WWII. He volunteered to execute Gary Gilmore for Montana, even sent a letter to the governor of Montana. That's what we need here in Tennessee, a few good volunteers!

Well, hmmm, you are right. Something goes when you get older, I just can't remember what it is at the moment. I knew it was one of those foreign places way out west. My memory has been refreshed, after a look at wikipedia. My hangman captain volunteered to hang Gilmore, as there were two accepted forms of capital punishment. Gilmore chose to be shot! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Gilmore