Forensic Justice

A battered woman beats her husband to death with a hammer while he sleeps. Plus, a powerful leader is sentenced to life in prison for bribery, abuse of power, and leaking state secrets.

A British male model-turned-playboy has a rough night of sex, drugs and violence, which ends in murder. Plus a mother and daughter dream vacation to Bali becomes a nightmare.

Stella Nickell is the first person convicted of causing death by product tampering; the Puppetmaster scams and exploits his victims for a decade.

Ennis Cosby is gunned down on the streets of Los Angeles while changing a tire; during the Reagan administration, the U.S. is accused of selling weapons in exchange for hostages.

A stunt goes horribly wrong, causing three deaths on the set of "Twilight Zone: The Movie"; billionaire hotelier Leona Helmsley is called "the queen of mean."

The brutal murder of a British soldier by radical Muslims on a London street is caught on tape; the Lackawanna Six go to terrorist training camp to prepare for holy war.

James Holmes is found guilty of murdering 12 people and injuring 70 more in a shooting rampage at a Colorado movie theatre in 2012 - an incident that rocked a nation.

A Florida billionaire plows his Bentley into another car, killing the young driver inside. The trial becomes a media circus. Plus, a celebrity publicist backs her SUV into a crowd of people outside a nightclub.

High school staffer Pamela Smart becomes a household name when she starts a love affair with a student, who she convinces to kill her husband in a real life American soap opera.

Los Angeles police respond to a bank heist and find they are outgunned by the robbers. Citizens and police run for cover in a brazen deadly shootout.

A son beats his mother to death in a savage attack and dark secrets come to light as police investigate Jeffrey Pyne. Also, athlete Maurice Clarett turns from football to crime.

John Hinkley Jr. shoots President Ronald Reagan, reportedly to gain the attention of a young Hollywood star; a lab worker derails the criminal justice system, resulting in freedom for convicted criminals.

Two elderly Los Angeles widows target homeless men in a deadly plot to cash in on murder. And charismatic art investor Kenneth Ira Starr dupes Hollywood celebrities out of millions of dollars.

A young Idaho man confesses to a vicious murder. But did police steer Christopher Tapp to make a false confession? And white supremacist Buford Furrow goes on a killing spree in Los Angeles.

A deranged man goes on a killing spree near Moscow - Alexander Pichushkin seeks to become Russia's most prolific serial killer. Plus, New York art dealer Larry Salander swindles his big-name clients.

Yale University student Annie Le vanishes while working in her lab. Days later, her body is found inside a basement wall. Also, Hollywood actor Wesley Snipes ends up in the cross-hairs of the IRS.

Minutes after pop star Michael Jackson dies, his personal physician, Dr Conrad Murray, launches a cover-up. Plus, the greedy stock trader who nearly took down Wall Street.

Self-proclaimed Messiah David Koresh takes on federal agents in a bloody gun battle that kills ATF personnel and Koresh's followers, before a 51-day standoff ends in a fiery tragedy.

An affair ends in tragedy for athlete Steve McNair. What led to the murder-suicide of a football hero and his mistress? And Chicago cop Jon Burge pushes cruel and unusual punishment to the extreme.

As investigators look into the murder of a British businessman in China, signs point to a family in the Chinese Communist Party. Also, the Hollywood Madam who provides escorts for her A-list clients.

Nancy Kissel incapacitates her husband with a strawberry milkshake full of sedatives before bludgeoning him to death. Also, the FBI goes after a shady congressman's with alleged the mob.

Religious cult leader Jim Jones leads hundreds of followers in a mass suicide in the jungles of South America, after the assassination of a US congressmen.

Police launch a manhunt for a handsome wanderer who picks up women in bars and kills them. Also, a doctor tells police intruders killed his wife and children, but his story doesn't add up.

Motown legend Marvin Gaye is fatally shot in a family tragedy involving abuse, arguments and drugs. Also, when a doctor's wife slips and falls in the shower, investigators see it's not an accident.

Two terrorists out for blood go on a deadly rampage in Paris over editorial cartoons in the magazine Charlie Hebdo that target their satire at the prophet Muhammad.