Aileen Wuornos
Aileen Wuornos was born on February 29, 1956 in Rochester, Michigan. Growing up Aileen had a very troubled childhood. Aileen's father, a child molester and a psychopath, died in prison by hanging himself (Aileen Wuornos). Her mother abandoned Aileen and her brother soon after. As a result they were forced to lived with their grandmother. Throughout Aileen's childhood she claims sexual abuse from her father and brother. Aileen left her grandmothers to hitchhike America while prostituting to have an income.
While on her journey she fell in love with a woman named Tyria Moore (Aileen Wuornos). The couple will stay together for four years and during their relationship Aileen will commit all her murders. The income Aileen was making from prostitution was not enough to support her and Tyria. The solution to their problem was Aileen had to start robbing and shooting her clients. Between December 1989 to September 1990 the bodies of seven men were found murdered along the highways in northern and central Florida. Aileen's victims names are Richard Mallory, David Spears, Charles Carskaddon, Troy Burress, Charles "Dick" Humphreys, Walter Jeno Antonio, and Peter Siems. Peter Siems was the only victim that they did not recover the body and it's location is still unknown (Aileen Wuornos). For the rest of the victims all their bodies were found shot multiple times.
The police received four phone calls all identifying Wuornos and Moore as the murderers (Aileen Wuornos). Aileen confessed to six of the murders and claimed self defense for every conviction. After a very lengthy trial she was finally found guilty and sentenced to death. On October 9, 2002 she was put to death by lethal injection (Aileen Wuornos). Her last words were "I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the Rock and I'll be back like Independence Day with Jesus, June 6, like the movie, big mothership and all. I'll be back" (Famous last words).
While on her journey she fell in love with a woman named Tyria Moore (Aileen Wuornos). The couple will stay together for four years and during their relationship Aileen will commit all her murders. The income Aileen was making from prostitution was not enough to support her and Tyria. The solution to their problem was Aileen had to start robbing and shooting her clients. Between December 1989 to September 1990 the bodies of seven men were found murdered along the highways in northern and central Florida. Aileen's victims names are Richard Mallory, David Spears, Charles Carskaddon, Troy Burress, Charles "Dick" Humphreys, Walter Jeno Antonio, and Peter Siems. Peter Siems was the only victim that they did not recover the body and it's location is still unknown (Aileen Wuornos). For the rest of the victims all their bodies were found shot multiple times.
The police received four phone calls all identifying Wuornos and Moore as the murderers (Aileen Wuornos). Aileen confessed to six of the murders and claimed self defense for every conviction. After a very lengthy trial she was finally found guilty and sentenced to death. On October 9, 2002 she was put to death by lethal injection (Aileen Wuornos). Her last words were "I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the Rock and I'll be back like Independence Day with Jesus, June 6, like the movie, big mothership and all. I'll be back" (Famous last words).
How do you feel about the death penalty? Do you think it should be applied to women and men? What do you believe is the best way to administer the death penalty?
I believe wholeheartedly in the phrase "eye for an eye" when it comes to murder. If your willing to kill a human being, yet alone seven, then you should have the same courage to accept a similar fate. Although I do agree they should sit on death row for at least a quarter of their prison sentence. They deserve to sit in prison everyday knowing their one day closer to their death. I believe lethal injection is the best way to go about the death penalty, because it's a painless death. I don't believe the convicted should die a cruel or unusually punishment. That being said, I'm glad they have weaved out the electric chair and hangings. It will be interesting to see if they change the chemicals administered in a lethal injection. Even more drastic inventing a new way to administer the death penalty.
Work Citied:
"Aileen Wuornos. biography." bio, True Story. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
"Famous Last Words". Daily News. 14 May. 2012. Web. 4 Feb. 2013.
This was so interesting. That story is crazy! I too believe in an eye for and eye but I am more evil. I feel if a person killed someone, then they should be killed just like they killed that person. If she shot him and let him bleed to death, they should do the same for her.
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