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The Devil and the Death Penalty
The Devil and the Death Penalty
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The Devil and the Death Penalty

2012
Directed byPhilip Gibbons
1h 20m

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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Erwin ChemerinskyPhilip Gibbons(voice)Stephen KaySelfElaine WangRuth Torres (voice)
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