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Essay / The famous serial killer: Aileen Wuornos
Aileen had spent almost ten years in Florida State Prison awaiting her execution date. Her death was delayed for nearly a decade because the state was unsure whether Wuornos was mentally aware of her punishment. However, it was later determined that she was intellectually capable of understanding her situation and her death sentence was reinstated. Although she was given the opportunity to choose her last meal in prison, she refused and was only given a cup of coffee. Before she was killed, Aileen sold her story, which would later be made into three films, two books, a comic book and an opera. His last words were: “I would just like to say that I am sailing with the rock and will return like Independence Day, with Jesus on June 6th. Like the big mothership and everything, I'll be back” (Clark County Prosecutor). Wuornos was the first woman in history to fit the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's serial killer profile (ABC News