Getting to know a serial killer

Getting to know a serial killer: John Wayne Gacy raped, tortured, and murdered 33 boys and young men, burying most of them in the crawlspace under his Chicago home. Karen Conti was in high school at the time watching the bodies being removed on the television news. Karen represented John Wayne Gacy on death row and is one of Chicago’s most prominent lawyers and legal analysts. She is a dynamic speaker, writer, and media personality with over 30 years of experience in national and local radio and television.
Thirty years after Gacy’s execution, Conti looks back through the eyes of a seasoned professional on the legal and media circus that ensued-and her countless hours of detailed conversation with the killer clown. We hear for the first time about Gacy’s gruesome “Body Book.” Were there more victims? Conspirators involved in the murders? What secrets were buried with him?
If one were to ask Conti, “How could you represent such a monster?” she would respond, “What you really want to know is, ‘What was he like?’” This book answers that question.
To purchase her book "Killing Time with John Wayne Gacy": amzn.to/3xCKPWR
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What do you think of episodes like this? How else would you like to see us explore the conversation of death?

[@Durpydurp4488]

Thanks for asking tough questions and maintaining a firm position, while remaining open-minded as well. I think her final point could have been summarized as: we will always have bad people needing lawyers. Our system requires fair representation for all, so that innocent people do not get jailed. That was the entire point devised by the Founding Fathers. It’s the tough end of the statement “America has the most just legal system for ALL.” It’s really hard to swallow (for me), but if I want a good legal system, I need it to give evil people the same chance it gives me.

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Thanks for the words and listening!

[@emmahayward6333]

Fair play to the woman. She's not there to serve justice, but to get the client the right outcome, be that justice for a victim client or prison sentance for a convicted client

[@Ashleyramirezlv]

Great episode I love your podcast

[@deadtalkspodcast]

Thank you so much!! Thanks for being here and for the support

[@MichaelaH2059]

I'm sorry, I know we all have the right to counsel/ defense, but I don't know how these criminal defense attorneys look themselves in the eye.

[@BozoB420]

Nice guys always do finish last😔