Lucas, Henry Lee
(1936–2001) an American once considered one of the world's worst SERIAL KILLERs after he said in 1965 that he had murdered more than 100 people. He was SENTENCED TO DEATH (=given the legal punishment of death by a judge), but it was discovered that he had invented most of his confessions, and the death sentence was changed to LIFE IMPRISONMENT.

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