Lucas, Henry Lee BrE AmE
(1936–2001) an American once considered one of the world's worst SERIAL KILLER s 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 ↑ confession s , and the ↑ death sentence was changed to LIFE IMPRISONMENT .