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40 Disturbing Facts About Ted Bundy

Ted Bundy - Joe Berlinger

7. Bundy Received The Death Penalty

A white hearse leaved Florida State Prison, which contained the body of Ted Bundy who was electrocuted in Florida’s electric chair on January 24, 1989. AP Photo/ Mark Foley/ Crime Online.

On February 10, 1980, the day after Ted Bundy proposed and married Carole Ann Boone while she sat on the witness stand citing his innocence, the judge handed Ted Bundy his sentence. For the third time, the judge gave Ted Bundy death by electrocution. Both Boone and Bundy became irate and yelled, continuing to proclaim his innocence. However, nine years later, the third death sentence would go through.

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