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Willie Horton

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Murderer

The Resume

    (August 12, 1951- )
    Born in Chesterfield, South Carolina
    Sentenced to life without parole for murder in Massachusetts (1975)
    Sentenced to two life sentences plus 85 years for rape and assault in Maryland (1987)
    Featured in commercials of the George H. W. Bush presidential campaign (1988)

Why he might be annoying:

    During a gas station robbery, he and two accomplices stabbed 17-year-old Joseph Fournier 19 times and left him to bleed to death in a garbage can (October 26, 1974).
    Despite having been sentenced to life without parole, he was allowed to leave jail as part of a weekend furlough program.
    While on furlough, he fled the state (June 6, 1986).
    In Maryland, he twice raped a woman after pistol whipping, stabbing, binding and gagging her fiancé (April 3, 1987).
    He became synonymous with negative campaigning.
    Lee Atwater said, 'By the time this election is over, Willie Horton will be a household name.'

Why he might not be annoying:

    A spokesman for Governor Michael Dukakis pointed out, 'Don't forget that Mr. Horton had nine previous successful furloughs.'
    The furor over his escape prompted the Massachusetts legislature to end furloughs for prisoners serving life sentences without the possibility of parole.
    The judge who sentenced him in Maryland refused to return him to Massachusetts, saying, 'I'm not prepared to take the chance that Mr. Horton might again be furloughed or otherwise released.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 14 Votes: 92.86% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 95.65% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 25 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 27 Votes: 44.44% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 30 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 31 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 27 Votes: 55.56% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 33 Votes: 60.61% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 91 Votes: 81.32% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 48 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 164 Votes: 60.37% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 94 Votes: 74.47% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 177 Votes: 77.40% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 172 Votes: 76.74% Annoying