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    Aileen Carol Wuornos: The Life of a Serial Killer “I robbed them‚ and I killed them as cold as ice‚ and I would do it again‚ and I know I would kill another person because I’ve hated humans for a long time.” (Wuornos‚ 1999-2010) These words came from Aileen Wuornos after she was arrested for the murders of seven men during the course of a year. She faced numerous adversities from early childhood through adulthood. She displayed many psychological warning signs‚ but none was attended too regardless

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    Aileen Wuornos:. Labelled the "Highway Hooker" or the "Damsel of Death"‚ Wuornos received worldwide media attention when she was arrested for a year-long killing spree in which seven men were murdered. In 1992‚ in Florida‚ Wuornos was sentenced to death. She received the lethal injection on October 9‚ 2002‚ but by the time of her execution‚ several people came to believe Wuornos was less a cold-blooded killer than a woman victimized so often during her sad life‚ that she was finally driven to fight

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    something. For things like news‚ if it isn’t biased‚ it is surely altered to better captivate the audience. Aileen Wuornos was a victim of this. The moment her crime was shared on the news‚ people created an opinion based off what they heard. As a result‚ she was put on death row and killed by lethal injection. The influence of media on the general public resulted in the death of Aileen Wuornos. Wuornos was a girl with a very tragic backstory. Wuornos’s father hung himself in prison with charges of child

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    The Life and Death of Aileen Wuornos De’Serra Whitfield Troy University Abstract This research looks at the life and death of Aileen Wuornos‚ serial killer. A serial killer is someone who murders more than three victims one at a time in a relatively short interval. Serial killers have the ability to behave in a manner that arouses no suspicion. There are‚ however‚ a few signs to identify their potential to become a serial killer. People who suffers from psychopathy‚ involves a huge tendency

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    Hannah Velez FLM 400 Final Paper Aileen Wuornos: The Dark Tale of One Woman’s Descent into Infamy When did it all begin? Technically‚ Aileen became a murderer on December 1‚ 1989 when 51-year-old electrics shop owner Richard Mallory picked her up on I-75 (8) and together they drove off into the woods to meet an uncertain fate. But when did the murderous creature that is Aileen Wuornos come to be? She began prostituting herself as age 9 (5)‚ without so much as an assault charge related to her

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    Aileen Wuornos‚ born on February 29‚ 1956‚ grew up in the great state of Michigan. Aileen was an abandoned child by both her father and her mother. Her father‚ serving time in prison for the molestation of a child‚ committed suicide while in prison. Her mother left her and her brother at a young age‚ to be raised by their grandparents. While staying with her grandparents‚ Aileen was sexually abused by her grandfather and her grandmother was an alcoholic (Biography‚ 2017A). In her early teens‚ Aileen

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    Final Case Study of Aileen Wuornos Your Name Psychology of Criminal Behavior CRJ 308 Dr. Instructor January 4‚ 2013 Aileen Wuornos was a prostitute who shot to death at least seven middle-aged men that she encountered along northern and central Florida highways. Between 1989 and 1990‚ she murdered men that solicited her for sexual favors or who responded to her offer of sex for money. Aileen Wuornos is listed as one of

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    General Psychology 6 October 2010 Aileen Wuornos People like Aileen make me wonder how they turned out that way. Was it because of her childhood‚ her parents‚ or her being neglected? Aileen was one of the first known female serial killers in the United States. No one really knows the true story of why she killed those seven men. Even though I personally do not know why she did it‚ I can come up with some of my own views on the subject of Aileen. Aileen Wuornos was born on February 15‚ 1956. Her

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    Serial Killer Report: Aileen Wuornos Aileen Wuornos was born February 29‚ 1956. Her grandmother and father raised her. Aileen’s father was a diagnosed psychopath and child molester. He hanged himself in prison. In 1960 her mother abandoned her family. At the young age of eleven‚ Aileen began trading sexual favors for beer‚ candy‚ and other things. At this point in time‚ Aileen began commonly participating in sexual favors for different reasons. She participated in sexual activities with

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    The circumstances of Aileen Wuornos’ life could be construed as tragic‚ and although an argument could be made that they ultimately lead to her demise‚ I feel those circumstances were a product of her free will or her power to make choices and engage in actions that originated within her (Williams‚ C. R. & Arrigo‚ B. A.‚ 2012). The question then is did she possess the morals that society feels is acceptable/ normal and did she have the freedom to make such moral judgments? A speculation can be

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