The Devil and the Death Penalty
This documentary recounts the dysfunctional state of the death penalty in the state of California by revisiting the crimes, arrest, trials and appeals of Lawrence Bittaker, a convicted serial killer who has been on death row at San Quentin since 1981.
Cast
Erwin Chemerinsky
Philip Gibbons
(voice)
Stephen Kay
Self
Elaine Wang
Ruth Torres (voice)
Storyline
This documentary recounts the dysfunctional state of the death penalty in the state of California by revisiting the crimes, arrest, trials and appeals of Lawrence Bittaker, a convicted serial killer who has been on death row at San Quentin since 1981.
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