 This is Fox News Talks. Headline Rewind. 1977. Criminal Gary Gilmore. I simply accepted a sentence that was given to me. I've accepted sentences all my life. By an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the Board of Pardons of the state of Utah, the death sentence imposed on Gary Gilmore will not be commuted or arrested. I let the American people down, and I have to carry that burden with me for the rest of my life.