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Movie·2012·1h 20m

The Devil and the Death Penalty

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// overview

The Story

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.

Cinematography

Dusty Duprel

Editor

Tina Imahara

Themes

prisondeath penaltycourttrialjustice

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// cast

Cast

Erwin Chemerinsky

Philip Gibbons

(voice)

Stephen Kay

Self

Elaine Wang

Ruth Torres (voice)

// crew

Crew

Philip Gibbons

Director, Writer

Dusty Duprel

Director of Photography

Tina Imahara

Editor

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