Serial killer Aileen Carol Wuornos

[the eclectic bohemian]

She got screwed by the system...and life in general. Not that she didn't deserve to be punished; she did. However, given her circumstances, I don't feel she deserved the death penalty. Aileen was basically fucked by life...all her life. Like one previous poster said, I think her first kill wasn't planned and I think it probably was in self defense. She just saw how easy it was and was off to the races.

If any of you have seen the documentaries that Nick Broomfield did on her...she was clearly screwed by her first attorney.

 

[LDG]

bullshit, imho.

Even if the first was rape,,,, even IF, stop putting yourself in that situation afterwards for one. For another, she CLEARLY killed for monetary gain, so how is that self defense?

A prostitute being raped, that many times???? Nah.....

And I've said it before I'll say it again, crazy in the legal sense is NOT the same as crazy in the mentally ill sense. Did she know she was doing wrong? IMO, and in the opinion of the people that convicted her, yes. That's what "legally sane" means.

She'd have killed again imo, Reason enough to Never Let Her Out To Do So.

(Because life doesn't always mean life)

 

[LDG]

She got screwed by the system...and life in general. Not that she didn't deserve to be punished; she did. However, given her circumstances, I don't feel she deserved the death penalty. Aileen was basically fucked by life...all her life. Like one previous poster said, I think her first kill wasn't planned and I think it probably was in self defense. She just saw how easy it was and was off to the races.

If any of you have seen the documentaries that Nick Broomfield did on her...she was clearly screwed by her first attorney.

I've seen them and Nick Broomfield clearly is pushing his OWN biased anti death penalty beliefs, therefor making the documentary biased and untrustworthy.

 

[Hellwig]

She got screwed by the system...and life in general. Not that she didn't deserve to be punished; she did. However, given her circumstances, I don't feel she deserved the death penalty. Aileen was basically fucked by life...all her life. Like one previous poster said, I think her first kill wasn't planned and I think it probably was in self defense. She just saw how easy it was and was off to the races.

If any of you have seen the documentaries that Nick Broomfield did on her...she was clearly screwed by her first attorney.

Agreed.
I still have those 2 doco's on her.

 

[b2ux]

(Because life doesn't always mean life)

true in most states life means 7 years till your first parole hearing....

 

[Wrappedinplastic]

to be honest i really felt bad for her...

 

[blacklotus]

I dont believe in the death penalty, purely as they have cocked up so many times, and the wrong person ends up being punished. This event/story really made me sad. i honestly believe she did not deserve this. (Monster is one of my fave films and until i watched her being interviewed and on stand never realised how spot on theron was with the acting!) she claimed self defense which looked convincing to me, then when interviewed on the ch4 doc she wanted to come clean before death, and none were in self defense. I dont believe her. her wide eyes were exactly the same both times, as if she was unable to show emotion, and as people in doc asked, was she saying it as she just wanted her death over and done with.. IDK I just dont believe she was the cold hearted killer she is made out to be like other cases.

 

[Klungebob Hairpants]

Listen, I work with people like this every day (literally). These people are connivers and con artists to their very core. Leaving a person like that alive when 6 people were not given that right by her is absurd. Just because "life screwed her" doesn't mean she has to kill. Robbing someone with a gun is just as easy as killing them. I don't believe in "an eye for an eye", but "an eye for six eyes" sounds pretty unbalanced. She murdered people, even if they were soliciting a prostitute, that doesn't make her actions any more deserved. She was a career criminal and got exactly what she deserved for that lifestyle of criminality.

 

[tjbt]

I don't feel like she should have been executed.

I don't either. She had issues her whole life, and even in the end, people were still using her. She was really off in left field with her thoughts right before they executed her. Sad, sad life.

 

[tjbt]

I dont believe in the death penalty, purely as they have cocked up so many times, and the wrong person ends up being punished. This event/story really made me sad. i honestly believe she did not deserve this. (Monster is one of my fave films and until i watched her being interviewed and on stand never realised how spot on theron was with the acting!) she claimed self defense which looked convincing to me, then when interviewed on the ch4 doc she wanted to come clean before death, and none were in self defense. I dont believe her. her wide eyes were exactly the same both times, as if she was unable to show emotion, and as people in doc asked, was she saying it as she just wanted her death over and done with.. IDK I just dont believe she was the cold hearted killer she is made out to be like other cases.

I believe in the death penalty. There must be solid evidence and a confession helps. I have caught hell for this opinion for years, but I think she should have been given life along with psychiatric care.

 

[Malzahar]

I pressed the down arrow but the text just wouldn't go away... IT WOULDN'T GO AWAY!

Even the forum background ended before the text did!

 

[SimmonS]

Arlene Pralle
Arlene Pralle, a "born-again" Christian who ran a horse breeding and boarding facility near Ocala, had seen Wuornos's picture in a newspaper and wrote her a letter. "My name is Arlene Pralle," she began, "I'm born-again. You're going to think I'm crazy, but Jesus told me to write you." After a few collect phone calls, she became Wuornos’ adviser and defender. On November 22, 1991, Arlene Pralle and her husband legally adopted Aileen Wuornos. Pralle said God had told her to.

I have to say guys, over in the U.S. you seem to have a lot of christ insane nutters compared with other places.

 

[SimmonS]

I pressed the down arrow but the text just wouldn't go away... IT WOULDN'T GO AWAY!

Even the forum background ended before the text did!

Yeah I have to say B2aux, why do you post these long ass posts which consist of many articles all saying the same things? It's like 'hmmm..Wow before further up it said she declined a last meal and here it says she chose K.F.C.' fascinating.

 

[b2ux]

Yeah I have to say B2aux, why do you post these long ass posts which consist of many articles all saying the same things? It's like 'hmmm..Wow before further up it said she declined a last meal and here it says she chose K.F.C.' fascinating.

thats what i get for copy pasta off of murderpidea ....

 

[Lixen]

I don't feel like she should have been executed.

I think we were separated at birth. I never agree with anyone on a consistent basis.

 

[SimmonS]

thats what i get for copy pasta off of murderpidea ....

Well you should read it through yourself and pick apart the relevant interesting information and compile it into a shorter post to minimize repetition.

 

[tjbt]

I think we were separated at birth. I never agree with anyone on a consistent basis.

Did you hear that the woman that adopted her also put a life insurance policy on her? I had heard that from 2 different sources, just wondering if you knew anything.

 

[Eat Shit And Die]

I believe in the death penalty. There must be solid evidence and a confession helps. I have caught hell for this opinion for years, but I think she should have been given life along with psychiatric care.

I disagree, what is the point in the state/population spending millions of dollars over the next say 20 years housing and looking after someone who is unable to be rehabilitated, when you have half your country living off food stamps, if they are never going to be released back into society, which I really believe she couldn't be... ever, then why waste millions of dollars on her, put those millions into the schooling or work schemes or just put into food into mouths, just spend 25c and put a bullet in her head...

I know she had a sad life and it's unfortunate, but if every woman who was raped in America started shooting men in the head for a few bucks you would have one fucked up epidemic on your hands, she made her choices and deserved to die, she wanted to die more than the prosecution wanted her dead...

 

[tjbt]

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I disagree, what is the point in the state/population spending millions of dollars over the next say 20 years housing and looking after someone who is unable to be rehabilitated, when you have half your country living off food stamps, if they are never going to be released back into society, which I really believe she couldn't be... ever, then why waste millions of dollars on her, put those millions into the schooling or work schemes or just put into food into mouths, just spend 25c and put a bullet in her head...

I know she had a sad life and it's unfortunate, but if every woman who was raped in America started shooting men in the head for a few bucks you would have one fucked up epidemic on your hands, she made her choices and deserved to die, she wanted to die more than the prosecution wanted her dead...

You're not the first person to make that point. I just don't think a person who is clearly mentally ill should be put to death, imo.

 

[Eat Shit And Die]

I just think it's a total waste of money on someone who will never take part in society again ever, if she did she would certainly kill again and keeping her alive and in relative comfort would be enough to feed hundreds over the same amount of years, she's dead to me.