The Devil and the Death Penalty

  • June 2012
  • 1hr

    20mins

  • Documentary
  • Directed by

    Philip Gibbons,

    Starring

    Erwin Chemirinsky,

    Steve Kay,

    Elaine Wang,

    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.