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Winston Moseley

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Murderer

The Resume

    (March 2, 1935- )
    Born in New York City, New York
    Machine operator from Queens
    Murdered Kitty Genovese near her Queens apartment (March 13, 1964)
    Convicted of murdering her and two other women and sentenced to death (June 15, 1964)
    Sentenced commuted to life imprisonment (June 1, 1967)

Why he might be annoying:

    A family man by day (wife & two kids), he prowled the night for women to victimize, stating they 'fought back less.'
    He raped dozens of women, but claimed it wasn't satisfying for him as her preferred to rape corpses.
    He confessed to three murders and provided details only the killer would know, so his trial was an open and shut, rock solid case.
    During a 1968 trip to the hospital for a self-inflicted wound, he overpowered a guard and escaped.
    While on the lam he took five people hostage and raped a woman in front of her husband.
    He was eventually recaptured in Buffalo and had time added to his life sentence.
    He participated in the deadly 1971 Attica Prison riot.
    His murders were not headline grabbers - it took a newspaper article stating how 38 people had heard Kitty Genovese's cries for help and chose to not get involved that turned it into a news sensation.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Confessing to the crimes made it easy for prosecutors to convince a jury to not buy an insanity defense and convict him of all charges.
    In 1977, he became one of the first inmates in New York State to earn a college degree, receiving a B.A. in Sociology from Niagara University.
    In November 2011, he was denied parole a fifteenth time, reinforcing the chances of him never successfully achieving freedom.

Credit: Scar Tactics


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 4 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 8 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 15 Votes: 93.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 17 Votes: 35.29% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 18 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 12 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 26 Votes: 57.69% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 26 Votes: 61.54% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 16 Votes: 62.50% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 50 Votes: 84.00% Annoying