The Resume

(December 4, 1940-January 17, 1977)
Born in Waco, Texas
Killed gas station employee Max Jensen and hotel manager Bennie Bushell during two robberies (July 19-20, 1976)
Executed by firing squad in Utah
First person executed in the US after the Supreme Court ruled revised death penalty statutes to not be 'cruel and unusual punishment' following a four year moratorium

Why he might be annoying:

By his teen years, he was shoplifting and running a car theft ring.
He was in and out of jail repeatedly for robbery and assault charges.
He killed his two victims even though they complied with his demands.
While getting rid of the pistol he used in the murders, he shot himself in the hand, leading to his capture.
He attempted suicide twice while on death row.

Why he might not be annoying:

He had an IQ of 133.
According to his brother, their father was a 'cruel and unreasonable man.'
He said about groups trying to overturn his death sentence, 'I would like them all to butt out. This is my life and this is my death. It's been sanctioned by the courts that I die and I accept that.'
He donated his corneas for transplants.
He inspired Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel 'The Executioner's Song.'

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 27]
• Criminals
• Executed by the State
• I Attempted Suicide and Screwed it Up
• I Did Not Graduate High School [F-I]
• I Died in 1977 (Ranked: 36)
• I Died in My 30s (Ranked: 36)
• I Took a Bullet
• I was Cremated
• I'm Remembered in a Tribute Song
• Look at Me, I'm on the Cover of Newsweek
• Look at My Magazine Cover
• Macklemore References
• My Dad was Violent/Abusive
• Oh, Shit! I Shot Myself By Accident
• Playboy Interview Subjects [1970s] (Ranked: 1977)
• Profiles 28001-28250 (Ranked: 28174)
• Shoplifters and Alleged Shoplifters
• Someone Won an Emmy Portraying Me

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 5 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 13 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 24 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 17 Votes: 41.18% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 15 Votes: 73.33% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 72.73% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 19 Votes: 52.63% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 108 Votes: 68.52% Annoying