A Helpful List

Prose			Cons
Montana: where mad men pen mad manifestoís, build bombs, and mail them.			Ted Kaczynski - life sentence without the possibility of parole for sending bombs in the mail.
’Tis a crime to murder women young at heart and supple of flesh. As the Son of Samís gunshot sounded, so did a midsummer nightís scream, another nubile victim snuffed out by evil.			David Berkowitz - six life sentences for killing six people.
"When I get to the bottom/I go back to the top of the slide/Where I stop and turn/and go for a ride," sang the Beatles. "Kill innocent people," heard Charles Manson, and kill he did.			Charles Manson - life sentence for first degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
The fuel for the Roaring Twenties was provided by booze, prohibited by law, and distributed by Al Capone, gangster extraordinaire.			Al Capone - eleven years for income tax evasion.
Wanted: The meanest bastard you ever saw. John Dillinger was a handsome devil with a wisp of a mustache and a smile slightly askew, the corners of his lips raised in wicked delight, his eyes dark, his soul darker.			John Dillinger - 10 -20 years for assault and battery, and conspiracy to commit a felony. Later charged with murder and killed by law enforcement.
In the bronze glow of a scintillating sunset, tumbleweeds sway in the dust, caressed by a wind that sometimes whispers the name of the fastest draw in the Old West, Billy the Kid.			Henry McCarty - found guilty of murder and sentenced to hang. Escaped and later killed by law enforcement.
The Robin Hood of the American West, Jesse James stole and murdered, vile acts of crime. But at least he never cheated on Sandra Bullock.			Jesse James - wanted for murder and armed robbery. Killed by a member of his own gang.