Nation: Bundy: Guilty

He faces life—or death

"Publish the verdict," ordered the judge. In a hushed Miami courtroom last week, Defendant Theodore Robert Bundy, 32, swiveled in his chair and stared intently at the jury of seven men and five women. He was accused in a seven-count indictment of murdering two Florida State University coeds and attempting to murder three others in January 1978. "Guilty," read Clerk Shirley Lewis in a high-pitched monotone. Then she repeated the verdict six more times:

"Guilty ... guilty ..." In the rear of the court, Bundy's mother Louise slumped in the arms of a friend. "It's just all wrong,"...

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