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Lawrence Sigmund BITTAKER

 
 
 

 

Lawrence Bittaker

 

 

Lawrence Bittaker

 

 

February 4, 1981 - Superior Court Judge Thomas Fredericks (R, top) reversed his earlier ruling and let cameras and microphones into the Lawrence Bittaker (L, top) torture-murder trial.

It was apparently the first time California broadcasters and photographers have been allowed to record a felony trial without consent of the defendant. Judge Fredericks last week denied a request by NBC to film the proceedings following a Jan. 25 decision by the US Supreme Court saying states have the right to permit television camera in the courtroom. Fredericks said it was up to the California Judicial Council to make the change permitting cameras and tape recorders in court. The Council amended the rules 2/3 as part of an ongoing "cameras in the courtroom experiment," saying the consent of both prosecution and defense attorneys was no longer necessary.

 

 

February 6, 1981 - Los Angeles, California: Lawrence Bittaker, 40, accused in the rape and torture deaths of five teenage girls, wears a grin on his face during testimony in court.

Earlier in the day Bittaker broke down and began crying as he denied under questioning that he had killed any of the girls. During the second day of testimony in his own defense, Bittaker again attempted to discredit the testimony of his confessed alleged accomplice, Ray Norris, 32, who pleaded guilty to the killings in a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty,

 

 

Lawrence Bittaker

 

 

Lawrence Bittaker

 

 

Lawrence Bittaker

 

 

Lawrence Bittaker

 

 

Roy Norris

 

 

Roy Norris

 

 

Roy Norris at trial.

 

 

Roy Norris

 

 

Roy Norris

 

 

Bittaker bought a 1977 GMC cargo van, which they came to call "Murder Mack", because
it had no side windows in the back and a large passenger side sliding door.

 

 

The victims

 

                                     

Shirley Ledford, 16, Andrea Joy Hall, 18, and Jacqueline Leah Lamp, 13.

 

 

                                              

Jackie Doris Gilliam, 15 and Lucinda Schaefer, 16.

 

 

 
 
 
 
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