Rachel Sharp
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So this is a real marker of how arrogant this man is.
He had actually studied law at two different universities.
He was very intelligent and he actually represented himself.
And what is insane about this is that that meant that the two survivors of the attack in the sorority house, Karen Pryor and Kathy Kleiner, were forced to go on the witness stand and be cross-examined by the man who would try to beat them to death.
Exactly.
So it's just, yeah, crazy that they were just totally re-traumatized in that way, having to go through that all over again.
And as you say, he also attracted a fan following, which is bizarre that so many people were supporting this man.
And he ended up being found guilty and being convicted of the murders of Margaret Bowman and Lisa Levy in the sorority house, as well as the attempted murders of the three other students who survived.
Then he had the trial after that of Kimberly Leach.
And this was the one trial he actually decided not to represent himself.
And instead, his team went for a different tactic, claiming he was not guilty by reason of insanity.
What he did then was yet another bizarre thing.
So he was convicted, he was sentenced to death.
During the death penalty phase, when he was, you know, arguing that he shouldn't be sentenced to death, he actually got married in the courtroom.
To who?
To his longtime lover, Carol Boone.
She had taken the stand.
He decided he would cross-examine her, and he asked her to marry him on the stand.
And it turned out they'd actually got a marriage license a few days earlier, and they were married in the courtroom.
And actually, she gave birth to his child...