Ted Bundy gives an interview to Dr. James Dobson, the founder of a far-right Christian evangelical organization, the day before his execution. In the interview, Bundy, who confessed to raping and murdering 30+ women and girls, attempted to blame his crimes on pornography (Florida, 1989) [387 x 503].

[The final interview](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wurA3WAskPA)

According to his lawyers, Ted Bundy sabotaged his own defense. One of them later said “all that mattered to him apparently was that he be in charge.” Bundy even rejected a plea deal that could’ve saved his life. Bundy was initially willing to accept the plea offer as a purely tactical move. His plan was to enter his plea, then wait a few years for evidence to disintegrate or become lost and for witnesses to die, move on or retract their testimony. Once the case against him deteriorated beyond repair, Bundy would file a post-conviction motion to set aside the plea by arguing that he was coerced into pleading guilty to avoid execution.

This plan was admittedly a rare moment of Bundy being legitimately smart. However, even this brief moment of clarity is overridden by the fact that Bundy abruptly changed his mind since his ego simply would not allow him to publicly admit his guilt. It was a fatal mistake.

Bundy did eventually confess anyway, but none of the families of the victims cared about what he had to say. Most of them already knew that he had killed them without his confession. They all hated him and wanted him put to death as quickly as possible. In fact, by all accounts, Bundy would’ve been lynched had he been hypothetically released and dropped in Lake City, the town where he raped and murdered 12-year-old Kimberly Leach, the murder for which he was specifically put to death.

[Victim’s father wants to watch Bundy die](https://www.upi.com/Archives/1986/06/29/Victims-father-wants-to-watch-Bundy-die/5863520401600/)

>Her father, Tom Leach, said he would like to witness Bundy’s execution but state officials won’t allow it. “I just want to see him well-done,” Leach said in an interview published Sunday in the Fort Lauderdale News and Sun-Sentinel. “I wish they’d bring him back to Lake City and let us all have at him,” said Leach, who owns a tow truck service.

The governor refused to delay the execution when Bundy began withholding information in an attempt to bargain with his life:

>Diana Weiner, a young Florida attorney and Bundy’s last purported love interest, asked the families of several Colorado and Utah victims to petition Florida Governor Bob Martinez for a postponement to give Bundy time to reveal more information. All refused. “The families already believed that the victims were dead and that Ted had killed them”, wrote Nelson. “They didn’t need his confession.”
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>Martinez made it clear that he would not agree to further delays in any case. “We are not going to have the system manipulated”, he told reporters. “For him to be negotiating for his life over the bodies of victims is despicable.”

Bundy’s confession, which came less than a month before he was put to death, was made out of desperation in an attempt to stall his execution.

[Bundy Electrocuted After Night of Weeping, Praying](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-01-24-mn-1075-story.html)

>Ted Bundy, the notorious serial killer, died today in the electric chair after a night of weeping and praying, just as the sun rose over the north Florida plains. Gone was the storied cockiness. He was ashen as two guards led him into the death chamber to be executed for the 1978 rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl.

To call a Christian organization with no extremist activism “far-right” would be akin to calling something like planned parenthood a “far-left” organization. If you’re okay with that connotation that’s fine.