Serial Killer Pleads for Life at OC Trial

SANTA ANA - Convicted serial killer Rodney Alcala has asked an Orange County jury to spare his life.

Alcala gave his own closing arguments Tuesday in the penalty phase of his trial for raping and murdering a 12-year-old Huntington Beach girl and four women in the 1970s.

Alcala, who's 66, told jurors that if they recommend death instead of life in prison without parole, his case would be on appeal for another 15 to 20 years.

He also played jurors a song from the Arlo Guthrie album "Alice's Restaurant."

Earlier, a prosecutor called Alcala an "evil monster" who knows he's done wrong and doesn't care.

A defense psychiatrist testified last week that Alcala, who claims he can't remember some of his actions, has a borderline personality disorder.