Dating Game Killer Page #8

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[ Murmuring continues ]

Uh, Mr. alcala,

the prosecution suggests

that you were seen

with the victim

in the San Gabriel mountains,

mid-afternoon

on June 20th, 1979.

Is that true?

Not at all.

I was miles away

at knott's Berry farm

on an interview.

Uh, do you recall

what time of day?

I would say 3:
10, 3:15.

Okay, just to be clear,

Mr. alcala,

it was afternoon

and not the morning

as the prosecution suggests.

Yes. afternoon.

There was no way

that I could have been

in the mountains

when the d.A. Suggests.

[ Whispers ] thank you.

Now...mr. alcala,

what do you say about

those gold ball earrings

that the prosecution

has submitted

as evidence against you?

They're mine.

Tammy Jensen's mother is a liar!

Those earrings belong to me.

Here's the proof.

You can see me wearing them

on this TV show taped months

before her disappearance.

[ Vcr whirs ]

You're gonna love me, shauna.

Get ready for

an exciting evening.

[ Man clears throat ]

Hamell:
despite

his circus performance,

the jury found alcala guilty.

However, the trial's

biggest surprise came

when the d.A. Announced

that one of alcala's victims

would testify.

Objection!

None of the victims

are alive.

[ Murmuring ]

I mean, here.

Man:
the people call

Rosie Hoffman.

[ Murmuring ]

Hamell:
the little girl that,

by the grace of god,

I had managed to save

42 years ago, all grown up.

I never gave up.

[ Voice breaks ]

this is your day.

Rosie:

i was 8 years old in 1968.

I trusted people.

I knew only innocence.

That man...

Lured me into his car

and raped and tortured me

until the edge of death.

[ Voice breaking ] I don't

believe I was his first victim.

It was so routine for him.

He enjoyed it too much.

During the assault,

do you remember

that I apologized to you?

[ Murmuring ]

i...

[ Gavel bangs ]

I...

[ gavel bangs ]

I was 8 years old.

If life was fair

and our legal system

wasn't so broken,

they would've put you away

for what you did to me,

unable to harm another girl.

I got off easy.

A good samaritan

and a dedicated police officer

rescued me.

Tammy Jensen

and all the other girls

weren't so lucky.

But didn't I apologize

to you?

Do you not remember?

Where's the justice?

It's 30 years.

Two guilty verdicts,

two death sentences,

countless appeals,

millions of --

of wasted tax dollars.

In 1980, I brought a loaded

pistol into the courtroom.

I was determined

to avenge my daughter

and get justice

by shooting you --

shooting you dead.

[ Murmuring ]

[ Gavel bangs ]

And I know this sounds crazy,

but...

...Tammy stopped me.

I could -- I could smell her --

her lemon shampoo.

I could...

I could feel her presence.

And I believed that the court

would have done

a better job than me.

But...

[ Sighs ]

I was wrong about that.

My sweet Tammy

will never...

Feel her first kiss

or stress over passing her

first driver's license exam.

She'll never experience

life's milestones,

like prom night

or cramming for college finals

or...

Her wedding night,

her motherhood.

And I lost the simple joy

of seeing

my baby's smile forever.

Objection!

This hysterical woman

is just ranting and venting.

No! you don't get to talk.

[ Gavel bangs ]

How dare you!

I am here to speak on behalf

of all the lives you destroyed.

-So don't mitigate me!

-[ Sighs ]

-And don't minimize them!

-Overruled.

Now sit down

and be quiet, Mr. alcala.

You may continue.

I-i used drugs to cope.

I nearly killed myself.

But then one day,

in -- in a -- in a stupor,

I realized that...

It was my Tammy

who got justice for us all.

She stopped you.

Thanks to her,

you've been rotting behind bars

all these years.

She stopped him.

Since her death,

he's been locked up

and unable to hurt anyone.

My 12-year-old child stopped

the world's worst serial killer.

[ Murmuring ]

[ Humming Arlo Guthrie's

"Alice's restaurant" ]

[ Stops humming ]

You can walk right in,

it's around the back

just a half-mile

from the railroad track

you can get anything

you want

at Alice's restaurant

you can get

anything you want

- at Alice's restaurant

-this song is my defense.

It's all about this.

It's what we grew up

listening to.

You can get

anything you want

at Alice's restaurant

My rebuttal to the hypocrisy...

At Alice's restaurant

...about giving me

the death penalty.

You can get anything

you want at Alice's restaurant

you. you. You, you, you.

You become

a wannabe killer in waiting.

Your desire to share

in the killing

of another human being

is eloquently expressed in...

"Alice's restaurant"

And I said, "shrink"...

I went up there and I said,

"shrink..."

I want to -- I want to kill

I want to kill I mean,

i-i want to --

-i want to kill.

- I want to kill

I want to see blood and guts

and Gore

and eat dead, burnt bodies.

I mean, I want to kill,

kill, kill, kill!

And then I started jumping up

and down and yelling, "kill!

Kill! kill! Kill! Kill!

Kill! Kill! Kill!"

And I started jumping up down,

yelling...

"Kill! kill! Kill! Kill!"

[ Gavel bangs ]

- at Alice's restaurant

Alcala again

was sentenced to death,

this time for five counts

of first-degree murder,

kidnapping,

and special circumstances,

guilty beyond

all reasonable doubt.

-- Captions by vitac --

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[ wind whistling ]

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