Aileen Wuornos: The victims Aileen Wuornos, born on February 29th 1956, a prostitute who worked on Florida's highways. From the year 1989 until late 1990, the bodies of seven men were found shot to death. The men were: •51 year old Richard Mallory, he was found shot multiple times in the chest, a couple of miles away from his car. [S] •43 year old David Spears, who was found naked and shot six times in the torso. [S] •40 year old Charles Carskaddon was found just a few day after David Spear in Pasco county. He was shot six times in his chest and torso [S] •50 year old Troy Burress was found dead due to two gunshots to the torso. [S] •56 year old Charles "Dick" Humprheys was found dead with multiple gunshots in both the head and the torso. [S] •65 year old Peter Siems body has never been discovered. [S] •62 year old Walter Jeno …show more content…
According to [Aileen Wuornos - The Trial | Capital Punishment in Context] (This was the only murder charge against Wuornos that went to trial. The other murder charges ended with "guilty" or "no contest" pleas.) On January 13, 1992, her capital trial of Richard Mallory began with one of her defense attorneys being Tricia Jenkins, the Chief Assistant Public defender of the Fifth Judicial Circuit, and the Prosecuting Attorney John Tanner. The prosecutions argument was based on her videotaped confession of all the murders during her interrogation. Using Florida's "Williams Rule" which is "The ability of prosecutors upon motion to the court to bring evidence of other crimes to a jury's attention."- ["Use of Evidence of Other Crimes."] prosecution was able go on to present evidence related to Wuornos other murder charges. Prosecution then dismissed her claims of self-defense to the seven murders because of her change in