Was Ted Bundy a lawyer

Answer 1

As a law school drop-out Bundy refused the first rule of the Bar. Never represent yourself. Bundy had such a huge opinion of himself that he felt nobody could represent him like hecould. He was wrong. Although the court appointed attorneys to help Bundy with his defence, Bundy did the bulk of lawyering himself. And look at the result.

Bundy's only known victim to escape appeared as a witness for the prosecution. Carol LaRoche was cross-examined by Bundy himself, as is routine in a trial. She had to look into the face of the man that had tried to murder her and answer his questions. Experts felt this was just another way for Bundy to victimize LaRoche and they were right. But she remained poised and held it together and her testimony was very damaging to Bundy's case. He should have let one of his assistant attorneys question LaRoche but this was Bundy's show and he called the shots.

Answer 2

Bundy was his own best PR man and his own worst enemy. I have seen this error many times on Bundy info sites. Bundy loved the cameras and the attention he received from the media. But he outsmarted himself when he broke the cardinal rule of law. He became his own attorney. Bundy was a dropout law student, not an attorney. When abduction and murder took the place of academia, Bundy had to let something go, and it was school and study that went to make time for what had become his career, killing young women.