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After a jury convicted Aileen Wuornos of first-degree murder in January, 1992, she dismissed its members as "scumbags of America." To the media, she insisted: "I'm innocent! I was raped! I was tortured!" The case of Wuornos, 46, who is scheduled to die by lethal injection in Florida on Wednesday, is a lurid one. Not least because she was a lesbian and a prostitute who told police she'd slept with 250,000 johns, her story has inspired books, a made-for-TV movie, a documentary film and a play. Last year, an opera based on her life premiered in San Francisco. But the...

The Academy Awards are coming up with Charlize Theron favored to win the Best Actress award for her role in Monster, which claims it is "based on a true story." But it is not as true as you might think. Theron has already picked up the Golden Globe for Monster, and I'd give Theron an award too — she transformed herself for the movie. Theron gained 30 pounds by doing things like eating Krispy Kreme donuts, and with the help of makeup artists, she changed her glamorous self into a dead ringer for serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who was convicted...

Wednesday, October 09, 2002 Serial killer Wuornos' last hours at handBy HENRY FREDERICK (henry.frederick@news-jrnl.com) Staff Writer With a last-minute appeal rejected Tuesday by the state's high court, the nation's highest-profile female serial killer is set to be put to death this morning by lethal injection. Wuornos How Lethal Injection Works • The condemned inmate is strapped to a gurney at the feet, legs, chest, arms and head, with an intravenous drip started in each arm. • The inmate is then wheeled into the execution chamber and the executioner begins emptying eight syringes into one of the IV tubes. • The...