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Only in Woman’s Day
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John Wayne Gacy’s trial in 1979 attracted global attention as details of his horrific murder spree were revealed and he was sentenced to death. But 14 years later, in October 1993, the man famously known as the “Killer Clown” remained on death row. That was when Karen Conti, then 29, and her partner, Greg Adamski, got a call in their Chicago law office that changed their lives.
“When we got the call to represent Gacy, I didn’t want to pass“I’d never known what it was like to look evil in the eyes, and I’d never been on death row.”