Death Row Stories

Season 2

TV-MA
A documentary series about the state of the U.S. legal system and the death penalty. Stories told by the people who have lived on death row and some exonerated. Over zealous prosecutors and the lack of their culpability in a tremendously flawed system.

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6 Episodes

  • Mother vs. Texas
    E1
    Mother vs. TexasA Texas mother is sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering her two young sons in their Dallas-area home.
  • Murder in Paris
    E2
    Murder in ParisIn 1986, a fire engulfed the home of newlyweds in Paris, IL, with them inside, but the fire was intended as a cover-up: The couple had been stabbed to death before the arson. Flawed evidence. Conflicting accounts. Leads that were never followed. Recantations. How does a double homicide case become too politically sensitive? And how did an innocent man end up on death row for almost 20 years?
  • Murder on the Mountain
    E3
    Murder on the MountainAn investigation into the brutal murders of a California family in their home in Chino Hills, CA. A getaway car. A hatchet. A bloodstained shirt. Did Kevin Cooper kill the Ryen family -- or was he framed?
  • Death, Lies and Videotape
    E4
    Death, Lies and VideotapeThe execution-style killings of a Florida nightclub owner and two aspiring models are caught on camera. All three found dead, side by side, killed execution style. The crime was caught on videotape, but was the wrong man sent to death row?
  • The Wrong Man
    E5
    The Wrong ManTwo construction workers are brutally attacked in San Antonio. One survives and is able to identify his assailant. Ruben Cantu was a 17 year old from Texas who was executed after being convicted of the brutal murder - a conviction based on a questionable evidence. Did they execute the right man?
  • Cruel and Unususal: Botched Executions
    E6
    Cruel and Unususal: Botched ExecutionsThroughout the history of capital punishment in America, states have reviewed and revised execution methods in the interest of finding a more "humane" option. Ohio, Arizona and Oklahoma are among the states where lethal injection executions have gone horribly wrong. What's life like for those executioners who are paid to end the lives of others...especially when it doesn't go according to plan?

 

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