Richard Ramirez terrorized Southern California for 14 long months. The randomness of his attacks left residents in a constant state of fear, as he entered homes through unlocked windows and doors, committing a series of horrific murders, rapes and burglaries. But as random as his attacks, his subsequent trial - one of the longest and most expensive in California history - became a disturbing media sensation as a Rogue's Gallery of groupies, led by the editor in chief of a prominent news magazine, filed into his courtroom every day, transforming Ramirez from serial killer to cultural figure in perpetuity.
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