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Apr 2023
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A Mans Desire for the Death Penalty - Ap...

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 April 10th: Robert Gleason Born (1970)

How far would you go to get what you wanted? On April 10th 1970 a man was born who would do anything to secure the death penalty. Including taking not one, but two lives while securely behind bars. 


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Information for this episode collected from:
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Gleason_(murderer), https://murderpedia.org/male.G/g1/gleason-robert.htm, https://www.irishcentral.com/news/robert-c-gleason-executed-irish, https://heraldcourier.com/news/robert-gleason-got-death-the-way-he-wanted-it/article_539a0bea-602d-11e2-9e30-001a4bcf6878.html, https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-21047468
 
 


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