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Prison officials say Gardner willingly made the 90-foot walk to the execution chamber Friday morning. That's hard to imagine, particularly from Gardner, who by his own accounts had spent much of the 30 years he was incarcerated "obsessed" with escape. This hadn't been like other homicides I had covered over my 15-plus years in journalism. In those instances, the media showed up after the death, not before. This, however, was a meticulously orchestrated event with a sober, prepackaged ending. Despite being surrounded by dozens of prison officials and witnesses, Gardner essentially died alone. No one from his family watched him go. Nor were his attorneys present. Similarly, Gardner chose not to utter any final thoughts or feelings. Maybe it was his way of holding on to a small slice of privacy amid his very public death.
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