On February 10, 1980, Theodore Robert Bundy was sentenced to death by electrocution for the murders of Margaret “Margo” Kiely and Lisa Levy, two Florida State University students assaulted and killed in January 1978 in their Chi Omega sorority house in Tallahassee. The sentencing followed Bundy’s conviction on multiple counts of first-degree murder, kidnapping and burglary in a trial that drew extensive national media attention and contributed to Bundy’s notoriety as one of the most infamous serial killers in U.S. history. Bundy’s criminal history spanned several states during the 1970s. He had been arrested in Florida in 1978 and ultimately linked to a string of attacks and disappearances across the American West. The Tallahassee murders were among the pivotal cases that led prosecutors to pursue the death penalty. After his trial in Leon County, Florida, Bundy was returned to a reception center before being transferred to Florida State Prison in Raiford, where male death row inmates were housed and where he would remain until his execution. The sentencing hearing in February 1980 followed months of legal maneuvering, appeals and growing public fascination with Bundy’s crimes and persona. Prosecutors emphasized the brutality and premeditation of the attacks in arguing for capital punishment. Defense attorneys presented mitigating information about Bundy’s upbringing and mental state, though these arguments did not sway the jury. Bundy had conducted much of his own defense in earlier proceedings and had exhibited a pattern of courtroom theatrics and self-representation that further fueled media coverage. The imposition of the death sentence in 1980 placed Bundy on Florida’s death row during a period of intense debate over capital punishment in the United States. Bundy’s case produced a long sequence of appeals and legal filings that delayed any execution for years. He was ultimately executed in the electric chair on January 24, 1989, after exhausting his appeals and post-conviction remedies in state and federal courts. For scholars and criminal justice historians, Bundy’s prosecution and sentencing are notable for their role in shaping public understanding of serial violent crime, victim advocacy, forensic practices and courtroom media dynamics in the late 20th century. The Tallahassee case specifically underscored investigative cooperation across jurisdictions, as law enforcement linked crimes in Florida to similar attacks elsewhere using witness testimony, physical evidence and pattern analysis. Contemporary reporting and later scholarship have also examined how Bundy’s appearance and manner—college-educated, superficially charming, and articulate—challenged prevailing stereotypes about violent offenders and influenced both media portrayals and public reaction. While much has been written about Bundy over decades, some details about the full extent and chronology of his crimes remain subjects of investigation and, in some cases, dispute among researchers and law enforcement agencies. The February 10, 1980 sentencing marked a formal and significant milestone in Bundy’s prosecution: a jury and judge in Florida affirmed that the crimes committed in the Chi Omega house warranted the ultimate punishment under state law at that time. The case remains a reference point in discussions about capital punishment, interjurisdictional investigations, and the cultural impact of high-profile criminal trials.