
Ronnie Lee Gardner sits down after he was shot
while trying to escape in 1985.
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Police ready Ronnie Lee Gardner, 23, for transport to the hospital
after he was wounded in
a bloody
escape attempt at Metropolitan Hall of Justice during a 1985 escape
attempt.
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner in helped on to a guerney after he was shot
trying to escape in 1985.
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner in 1985.
(Paul Fraughton/The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner in 1985.
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner in 1985.
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner in 1990.
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner in 1991.
(The Salt Lake Tribune file photo)

Ronnie Lee Gardner is seen as he enters a Sandy
courtroom for arraignment in 1994.
(Kristan Jacobsen, Deseret News archives)