June 2010

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Draper - The execution chamber at the Utah State Prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad Friday, June 18, 2010. Four bullet holes are visible in the wood panel behind the chair. Gardner was convicted of aggravated murder, a capital felony, in 1985.

Covering the Execution of Ronnie Lee Gardner, part 6 The End

Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Draper - The execution chamber at the Utah State Prison after Ronnie Lee Gardner was executed by firing squad Friday, June 18, 2010. Four bullet holes are visible in the wood panel behind the chair. Gardner was convicted of aggravated murder, a capital felony, in 1985.

Death Chamber – Ronnie Lee Gardner

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Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Draper - Commutation hearing for death-row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner Thursday, June 10, 2010, at the Utah State Prison. Mandi Hull supports her aunt Tami Stewart as she testifies.

Commutation hearing for death-row inmate Ronnie Lee Gardner

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Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City - The widows of two of Ronnie Lee Gardner's victims embraced following a hearing before the Utah Supreme Court Thursday, June 3, 2010 where attorneys for Ronnie Lee Gardner challenged the condemned man's execution. Kathy Potter, widow of Melvyn J. Otterstrom (right) embraced ValDean Kirk, widow of Nicolas G. Kirk.

Ronnie Lee Gardner Hearing