Amy Bishop: The Professor Turned Killer
Killer Psyche
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Amy Bishop's Right to an Appeal
Amy Bishop was charged with one count of capital murder and three counts of attempted murder. The prosecutor in Alabama wanted to go for the death penalty, but some of the surviving victims and families of those murdered requested that it be taken off the table. So when Bishop's lawyer offered to plead guilty in exchange for the death toll being removed, the prosecution accepted. She then changed her plea to guilty and waved her right to an appeal. On September 24, 2012, Amy Bishop was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
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