Donald Harding

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Donald Eugene Harding (March 1, 1949 – April 6, 1992) was an American serial robber, spree killer, and possible serial killer who committed at least seven murders between December 1979 and January 1980 throughout California, Arizona, Texas, and possibly Arkansas. Harding was convicted of three murders, and he was executed in 1992 by gas chamber in the state of Arizona for two of the murders he committed there. Harding became the first person to be executed in Arizona since 1976 when the death penalty was reinstated nationwide. Harding's execution was particularly noteworthy and controversial because his death in the gas chamber took eleven minutes and was reportedly gruesome. Harding's execution provided momentum for the movement to provide Arizona death row inmates with a choice between the gas chamber and lethal injection.

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