conviction_status death_date death_place children birth_place alias image_size conviction_penalty charge name image_caption parents birth_date spouse article_title birth_name
died in custody 5 december 1991 joliet , illinois , us 1 kirkwood , illinois , us richard franklin lindbergh 150px death later commuted to life imprisonment penalty & nbsp ; -lrb- electric chair -rrb- murder on 8 counts richard speck speck during his trial in 1967 benjamin franklin speck mary margaret carbaugh speck 6 december 1941 shirley ; 1966 -rrb- annette malone speck -lrb- m. 1962 & ndash richard speck
 richard benjamin speck
richard speck

richard benjamin speck -lrb- december 6 , 1941 -- december 5 , 1991 -rrb- was an american mass murderer who systematically tortured , raped , and murdered eight student nurses from south chicago community hospital on july 14 , 1966 .
he was sentenced to death , but that sentence was later overturned due to issues with jury selection at his trial .
speck died of a heart attack after 25 years in prison .
in 1996 , video tapes featuring speck were shown before the illinois state legislature to highlight some of the illegal activity that took place in prisons .
