The Devil and the Death Penalty

The Devil and the Death Penalty

0.01h 20m2012Released
DocumentaryCrime

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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Cast

E

Erwin Chemerinsky

P

Philip Gibbons

(voice)

S

Stephen Kay

Self

E

Elaine Wang

Ruth Torres (voice)

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