Reelz TV - Dead Man Talking: The Execution of Gary Gilmore (2016)

Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore shocks the world by requesting an immediate execution.
A story of misguided love and senseless murder that took place when Gary Gilmore killed two innocent men in Utah because his girlfriend left him.
January 2017 marks the 40th anniversary of the historic execution of Gary Gilmore, which re-instated the death penalty in the United States after a ten-year moratorium. When Utah authorities literally pulled the trigger to end Gilmore's life, they did more than just end the existence of a crazed killer — they opened the floodgates of what is today's version of capital punishment in the United States. Since 1977 over 1,000 state sponsored executions have taken place in the United States. Lawrence Schiller, who did much of the legwork, interviews, and research for the Pulitzer prize and Emmy winning Executioner's Song, outmaneuvered numerous other reporters to gain exclusive access to the book's subject, Gary Gilmore, and went on to produce and direct the award-winning television miniseries based upon it, starring Tommy Lee Jones.
January 17, 1977, 8:08 a.m. After years of being condemned in court as "cruel," the death penalty returns to America. Gilmore speaks his final words: "Let's do it." A moment of silence, then gunfire rips through the air. Lawrence Schiller, producer and Emmy Award winner, sees what is arguably the most famous execution in history in a different light: as something that permanently changed the justice system. For this documentary, Schiller opened his archives, including previously unpublished interviews with Gilmore, his girlfriend Nicole Baker, and the widows of the two murder victims. The prosecutor, defense attorneys, and police officers all have their say.