Ted Bundy

taxpayer money and personal money goes into each case, and what happens when innocent people are convicted. Although lots of money is spent towards the death penalty, can we place a monetary value on the safety of the general public? The murderer Ted Bundy escaped prison twice and would continue on killing sprees before finally being put to death in 1989. This is one of many examples of why the world is safer rid of these killers. 63% of people in the US say that they feel safer knowing that…

In today’s world there is a much more scientific and social understanding to identifying sociopaths and psychopaths. Compared to times like the Middle Ages and the Renaissance there is a much more concrete definition for these distinct personalities. Understanding what we now know, sometimes when you learn history it really makes you wonder if some people in the past were textbook defined sociopaths or psychopaths. It surely played a role back then as we see noticeable characteristics such as…

people in society to having mental problems and committing these horrible crimes. She names five me in the beginning that are known in history as the worst serial killers of all time “Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacy, Mark Alien Smith, Richard Chase, Ted Bundy” (Beaty 1) In our society today serial killers is nothing new they have been around and going on for years. Its as if serial killers have become a common thing in todays day and time. Ann Rule who is a respected author and expert on serial…

killer who to some is regarded as one of the notorious, evil killers in the world. According to Juan Castillo and his article of the top “25 Of the Most Evil Serial Killers You Have Ever Known” John Gacy is listed at #8. He rated Gacy higher than Ted Bundy, Jeffery Dahmer and Richard Ramirez who were all talked about in our class. Even though some may think that he isn’t as evil as the three he is rated ahead Juan Castillo thinks so. In this reaction paper I will discuss how that some serial…

From Adolf Hitler who repulsively killed millions of jews, to the merciless Luis Garavito who tortured and murdered 147 boys, infamous slayers tend to possess a variety of indistinguishable traits. Essentially, many average people, and serial killers, act impulsively without good intention or justification. Impulsivity is developed from a number of actions and personal characteristics that a person holds. Macbeth possessed the impulsivity of a serial killer due to his craving for power, absence…

reached by logic alone; emotions are an important part of the reasoning. The amygdala is the moral part of making decisions. Without the amygdala, choices rendered are dangerous. A charming educated person can deceptively be a serial murderer. (I.E. Ted Bundy) A person may seem fully functional and intelligent, but without the moral voice of reason, becomes destructive to…

One of the most scandalous and deranged serial killers is staring directly into the face of death. In just minutes, he will soon be put to an excruciating death for committing inhumane crimes to innocent people. Before he is completely engulfed by the demise of his stability, he is asked the simple, existential question: “Why did you do it?” Being pushed to the brink of distress and forced to question his own insanity, he claims unsentimentally that his actions were solely based on his emotions,…

The names Ted Bundy, Charles Manson, or Jeffrey Dahmer typically come to mind with the thought of psychopaths, but psychopaths are not always violent or incarcerated. In fact, some psychopaths may be controlling your money, the so-called “functional” psychopath. Psychopaths make up about 1 percent of the general population, (Hare, 1991) but research shows that individuals who work in high levels of business and are in charge of company decision making are significantly more likely to be…

In the clip from ABC News’, “What Would You Do” (2013), an African-American mother of a large family is shown to be judged by a condemnatory waitress through her use of multiple innuendos about the family’s finances, size and makeup. Other restaurant patrons come to the defense of the woman stating that her actions were “inappropriate” and “politically incorrect” (2013). Despite one patron’s remarks that she hopes the mass majority of people do not think the same as the fake waitress; I believe…

The North Dakota pipeline protest is arguably the most influential protest of our time, regarding Native Americans and the environment. There are certain things that should be endowed to any human being. And two of those things are access to clean drinking water and a place to lay their loved ones to rest. Native people have been protesting the construction of the North Dakota access pipeline for months now, with no end in site. The construction of this pipeline threatens not just native peoples…