The woman who was involved in a famous string of murders that inspired the movies Natural Born Killers and Badlands was denied a full pardon on Tuesday despite some of the victims' families' claims that she deserves it.Ĭaril Ann Clair, who went by Caril Ann Fugate at the time, was 14 in November 1957 when she accompanied her boyfriend, 19-year-old Charlie Starkweather, on a two month killing spree that left 11 people dead.Ĭaril was convicted in just one of the deaths and later had her life sentence reduced. She was released from prison in 1976 but now wants a full pardon, claiming she too was a victim of Starkweather and that he took her captive, forcing her to take part. Lauer Ward, 48, his wife Clara, 46, Lillian Fencil, 51, and Merle Collison, 37īy Jennifer Smith and Valerie Edwards For Also killed were Robert Jensen, 17, his girlfriend, Carol King, 16, August Meyer, 70, C.Their victims: Robert Colvert, 21, Clair's stepfather, mother and baby sister, Marion Bartlett, 57 and his wife Velda, 35, and two-year-old Betty Jean.In request, Clair said pardon would represent formal forgiveness of her crime.Clair was charged in only one of the killings, and was convicted and sentenced to life in prison her sentence was later reduced and she was paroled in 1976.He was convicted and executed by electric chair in June 1959, when he was 20.Starkweather was charged with 11 counts of murder but went to trial for one.Clair claims her boyfriend, Charlie Starkweather, 19 at the time, took her on a killing spree that left 11 people dead, before they were arrested in Wyoming.The Nebraska Paroles Board turned her down on Tuesday afternoon.Caril Ann Clair, now 76, asked for an official pardon, saying she was 14 years old at the time and that her boyfriend threatened to kill her family if she didn't obey.Woman, 76, who went on 1950s murder spree with Charlie Starkweather that inspired Natural Born Killers and Badlands, is DENIED a full pardon despite some victims' families appealing on her behalf
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