He fired five shots at the parking lot in Richmond Heights after a bar mitzvah on Oct. One struck and killed Gerald Gordon, a year-old father of three. Several of his victims were interracial couples. He also shot and killed, among others, two black children in Cincinnati, three female hitchhikers and a white year-old prostitute, with whom he was angry because the girl had sex with black men.
He finally stumbled after killing two young black men in Salt Lake City in August He was arrested a month later in Kentucky, briefly escaped, and was captured for good a month after that in Florida.
Franklin was convicted of eight murders: two in Madison, Wis. Louis County. Years later, in federal prison, Franklin admitted to several crimes, including the St. Louis County killing. He was sentenced to death in World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
Get the Insider App. Click here to learn more. A leading-edge research firm focused on digital transformation. Good Subscriber Account active since Shortcuts. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile. Log out. He admitted that he shot Flynt because of a spread Hustler ran that featured a black man and a white woman.
Franklin was not convicted in the case - but confessed to the shooting some years after the crimes had occurred. In October , Flynt expressed his opposition to the death penalty and said he did not want Franklin to be executed. He told the Hollywood Reporter : "I have every reason to be overjoyed with this decision, but I am not. But, I do not want to… see him die. Jump directly to the content.
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