This week in 1988
June 21st, 2013 by admin
“I did pretty good until about five minutes ago. Now my nerves are gone.”
— Arthur Gary Bishop, convicted of murder, lethal injection, Utah.
Executed June 10, 1988
A former Eagle Scout, honor student, and Mormon missionary, Bishop was arrested for molesting and murdering five young boys over a five-year span. Bishop had lived with so much guilt for committing the crimes that after he was convicted he dismissed his lawyers to expedite his death sentence.
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