The Trial of John Kemper

Kemper's trial was, of course, a media spectacle. A harrowing deep dive into the psyche of a man whose insatiable violent impulses led to a killing spree that terrorized Santa Cruz. His defense attempting to plead not guilty by reason of insanity presented a portrait of a man deeply disturbed plagued by abusive family circumstances and suffering from paranoid schizophrenia. The judge expressing his own revulsion and the wish that Kemper would receive the death penalty if it were not suspended at that time, sentenced him to seven consecutive life sentences. And he's still alive today. He's still up and running in that prison. Still going.