What is Joseph Paul Franklin?
{{Infobox serial killer | name = Joseph Paul Franklin | image = | caption = [[Mugshot]] of Franklin taken by the [[Missouri Department of Corrections]], 2013 | birth_name = James Clayton Vaughn, Jr. | alias = James Clayton Vaughn<br />The Racist Killer | birth_date = {{Birth date|1950|4|13}} | death_date = {{Death date and age|2013|11|20|1950|4|13}} | death_place = [[Eastern Reception, Diagnostic and Correctional Center]] in [[Bonne Terre, Missouri]] | birth_place = [[Mobile, Alabama]] | victims = 7–22 | country = [[United States]] | states = [[Wisconsin]], [[Missouri]], [[Tennessee]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], [[Virginia]], [[Indiana]], [[Ohio]], [[Pennsylvania]], [[West Virginia]], [[Utah]] | beginyear = August 7, 1977 | endyear = August 20, 1980 | apprehended = October 28, 1980 | penalty = [[Capital punishment|Execution]] by [[lethal injection]] | motive = [[Racism]], [[white supremacy]] }} '''Joseph Paul Franklin''' (April 13, 1950 &ndash; November 20, 2013) was an [[Americans|American]] [[serial killer]]. He tried to kill [[Larry Flynt]], a magazine publisher, in 1978 and [[Vernon Jordan, Jr.]], the civil rights activist, in 1980. He has been given six [[life sentence]]s. He lived at [[Potosi Correctional Center]] on [[death row]]. On November 20, 2013 he was [[Execution|executed]] at 8:30am with [[Propofol]], a lethal drug, for killing a [[Jewish]] man outside a [[synagogue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2013/11/18/justice/death-row-interview-joseph-paul-franklin/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular|title=Serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin prepares to die|author1=Kyung Lah|author2= CNN|date=18 November 2013|work=CNN|accessdate=20 May 2016}}</ref> He was diagnosed with [[paranoid schizophrenia]]. Franklin said that he thought he deserved to die for his crimes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fox2now.com/2013/11/18/serial-killer-joseph-paul-franklin-talks-with-fox-2-before-execution/|title=Serial killer Joseph Paul Franklin talks with FOX 2 before execution|work=FOX2now.com|accessdate=20 May 2016