As the prosecutor who secured the death penalty for serial killer John Wayne Gacy, William J. Kunkle Jr. could have coasted on the celebrity of the case for the rest of his career.
Family and friends remembered Mr. Kunkle as a stern yet empathetic man who, while a prime example of the "prosecutor everybody wanted to be like," also lived a full life outside of work, corralling friends for yearly cross-country motorcycle trips and golf outings in Florida.
He headed an unsuccessful defense of disgraced Chicago Police Lt. Jon Burge, accused of torturing dozens into false confessions. And he helped conduct the congressional inquiry that forced former House Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, to resign. They built model airplanes together and took part in a televised soapbox derby, his brother said. "Bill and I did a lot together. I idolized him."
"Bill goes back there and asks, ‘What do you want?’" Locallo recalled. "‘One day the truth will be out,’ Gacy says. Then Bill responds, ‘I have three weeks off. Whatever you have to say I’ll listen.’ Then Gacy starts laughing. He said, ‘I thought so. I’ll see you at the execution.’" He imparted a strong sense of ethics in carrying out the law, she recalled. When she was young and told him she was considering being a lawyer, he told her that would mean she’d need to witness executions if she chose to prosecute death penalty cases.
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