
Episode 268: The Railroad Killer
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Then He Pleaded Not Guilty by Reason of Insanity
George benton pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He claimed he was half man and half angel, sent here to cleanse the world of those those that god deemed lesser. But psychologists testified that he was not insane, not skitzophrenic, and definitely had personality disorders for sure. At various times, he claimed he killed because god told him to, because the devil took him over, because the homes of the victims radiated evil. On may eighteenth two thousand, he was found guilty. His conviction and sentence was upheld in a court of appeals. And all other appeals failed. Sentenced to death by lethal injection. Did confess to more murders, and he's linked
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