Ted Bundy Defense

By: TJ Troop
 Ted Bundy Background

Childhood

Family Teen Adult

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When Bundy was a child he was convinced He was addicted to pornograph Met a women whom he dated
that his mother was his sister and his grandparents were his parents seldomly dated The beakup was the turning point
 Crimes
• Between 30-100 victims
• Killings span over 4 states
• Escaped from jail twice
• Tried for kidnapping before the murder
trials
 2 Trials
• The first date was • The second trial
set for June 25, took place in
1979 in Miami, January 1980 in
Florida Orlando, Florida
• The court case • Ted was tried for the
centered on the murder of Kimberly
brutal attacks on the Leach
Chi Omega sorority
girls
 1st trial
• In the Chi Omega trial Bundy decided to
act as his own attorney
• He was confident in his ability to defend
himself
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 2nd trial
• Ted decided not to defend himself
• Julius Africano and Lynn Thompson
were his defense attorneys
• His strategy was to plead not guilty by
reason of insanity

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 Verdict
• Bundy was found guilty of capital first
degree murder by the state of Florida
and sentenced to execution by the
electric chair

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 The sentencing trial
• Ted shocked everyone when he
exchanged vows with a witness, Carole
Ann Boone, in the courtroom
• Because both Bundy and Boone were
under oath the two were considered
officially married
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 Appeals and confessions
• Bundy confessed and told the chief
investigator that he had victims heads
hanging on his wall as trophies
• He admitted to engaging in acts such
as necrophilia with some of the remains
of his victims
 Execution
• On January 24, 1989 Ted Bundy was
executed by the electric chair as
hundreds of spectators and media
representatives awaited the news of
Ted’s death