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This undated picture provided by the attorneys for Ronnie Lee Gardner shows Michael Burdell. Gardner was sentenced to death for killing attorney Michael Burdell in 1985, and was executed by firing squad on June 18, 2010. (AP Photo)

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Lynn Taylor, left, and his wife Donna, right, niece of Michael Burdell, who was shot and killed by Ronnie Lee Gardner, speak to the media near the Utah State Prison before the execution of Gardner by firing squad Thursday, June 17, 2010 in Salt Lake City. Gardner, 49, was sentenced to death for a 1985 capital murder conviction stemming from the fatal courthouse shooting of attorney Michael Burdell during an escape attempt. (AP Photo/Steve C. Wilson)