Ted Bundy Research Paper

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Executing an innocent person does not do justice. Many people on death row claim innocence but with new DNA evidence about 17 death row inmates have been exonerated and released. But there were several individuals who were executed and later exonerated. One very known wrongful execution was of Timothy Evans. This case proceeded in London and was said to be a strong influence in the abolishment of capital punishment in the United Kingdom. Evans was executed in 1950 for the murder of his wife and 13-month-old daughter. Evans maintained his innocence through the whole trial and told investigators that his neighbor, John Christie murdered his family. There was not much evidence against Evans and the case was said to be really weak but he was still executed on March 9, 1950. The police coerced Timothy Evans into a false confession by threatening him. After Evan’s execution the police found out that Evans was telling the truth and in fact John Christie was a serial killer who killed many women in his home. Evans received a posthumous pardon 16 years after his…show more content…
Unlike most serial killers Bundy did have a normal childhood growing up. Although, he was raised thinking his grandparents were his parents, he later found out his sister was actually was mother. This might of fueled his hatred for women. Bundy kidnapped, raped and murdered 30 women. Bundy was a necrophiliac who admitted to beheading 12 of his victims. Biographer Ann Rule described him as "a sadistic sociopath who took pleasure from another human's pain and the control he had over his victims, to the point of death, and even after". On June 7, 1977, after being convicted for his crimes Bundy escaped jail and was on the FBI’s top ten most wanted fugitives. He was later found and put back on death row where he admitted to his crimes and took full responsibility for his crimes. Ted Bundy was executed on January 24, 1989 in

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