[PAR] [TLE] Gary Gilmore [SEP] Gary Mark Gilmore (December 4, 1940 – January 17, 1977) was an American criminal who gained international notoriety for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he committed in Utah.  After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a new series of death penalty statutes in the 1976 decision "Gregg v. Georgia", he became the first person in almost ten years to be executed in the United States.  These new statutes avoided the problems under the 1972 decision in "Furman v. Georgia," which had resulted in earlier death penalty statutes being deemed as "cruel and unusual" punishment, and therefore unconstitutional.  (The Supreme Court had previously ordered all states to commute death sentences to life imprisonment after Furman v. Georgia.)  Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977.  His life and execution was the subject of the 1979 nonfiction novel "The Executioner's Song" by Norman Mailer, and 1982 TV film of the novel starring Tommy Lee Jones as Gilmore. [PAR] [TLE] Noall Wootton [SEP] Noall Thurber Wootton (September 8, 1940 – April 27, 2006) was the Utah County District Attorney, in Utah, from 1974 to 1986.  During his time in that role, he is most famous for being the lead prosecutor of Gary Gilmore, the first person to be executed after the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty.  Wootton earned his bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University in 1961 and a J.D. from the University of Utah in 1964.  Noall Wootton died at the age of 65 on April 27, 2006 due to cancer.
[PAR] [TLE] Gary Gilmore [ SEP ] Gary Mark Gilmore ( December 4 , 1940 – January 17 , 1977 ) was an American criminal who gained international notoriety for demanding the implementation of his death sentence for two murders he committed in Utah . After the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a new series of death penalty statutes in the 1976 decision " Gregg v. Georgia " , he became the first person in almost ten years to be executed in the United States . These new statutes avoided the problems under the 1972 decision in " Furman v. Georgia , " which had resulted in earlier death penalty statutes being deemed as " cruel and unusual " punishment , and therefore unconstitutional . ( The Supreme Court had previously ordered all states to commute death sentences to life imprisonment after Furman v. Georgia . ) Gilmore was executed by firing squad in 1977 . His life and execution was the subject of the 1979 nonfiction novel " The Executioner 's Song " by Norman Mailer , and 1982 TV film of the novel starring Tommy Lee Jones as Gilmore . [PAR] [TLE] Noall Wootton [ SEP ] Noall Thurber Wootton ( September 8 , 1940 – April 27 , 2006 ) was the Utah County District Attorney , in Utah , from 1974 to 1986 . During his time in that role , he is most famous for being the lead prosecutor of Gary Gilmore , the first person to be executed after the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty . Wootton earned his bachelor 's degree from Brigham Young University in 1961 and a J.D. from the University of Utah in 1964 . Noall Wootton died at the age of 65 on April 27 , 2006 due to cancer .
Noall Wooton was the lead prosecutor of which person who demanded the death penalty for his own trial and was the first person to be executed in 1976?
Noall Wooton was the lead prosecutor of which person who demanded the death penalty for his own trial and was the first person to be executed in 1976 ?
Gary Gilmore
Gary Gilmore