Has there ever been a case where someone convicted of three or more murders was released from prison?

      • etchinghillside@reddthat.com
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        5 days ago

        I don’t immediately know what in particular transitions someone from killer to “serial” killer.

        But I could see if it was someone who wiped out a van of people or a husband coming back home to his wife cheating with a couple and murdering them being potentially released after a long sentence.

        • juliebean@lemm.ee
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          4 days ago

          generally, a serial killer does multiple individual murderers over an extended period. this contrasts with a mass murderer, who kills a bunch of people in a single event, or a spree killer who does multiple killings over a short time span. a serial killer may take a couple years to kill 5 people while a spree killer does it in a weekend, and a mass killer manages it in a few minutes.