Death Row Stories

A family of six is found murdered in a rural Texas town and two men are sentenced to death for the crime, but an investigation of the case by a journalism professor uncovers the misuse of power and an innocent man.

Rodney Reed, a man with a history of abuse is convicted and put on death row for raping and strangling a 19-year-old girl in Bastrop, Texas.

A Mississippi teenager accused of killing her baby lands on death row. But new evidence emerges that she might have been the victim of systemic medical and legal corruption in the state.

A man accused of the New Year's Eve triple-homicide of his family is sentenced to death until students from the Medill Innocence Project discovered evidence pointing at a possible alternate suspect.

A young girl is murdered in Philadelphia and her neighbor is sentenced to death but when a writer investigates he finds a corrupt system and a troubling case.

Clarence Smitty Smith, a regional president of the notorious motorcycle club, The Outlaws, was tried for and found not guilty of 5 homicides in state courts. Yet, he is currently serving life in prison for all of them.

A man convicted of murdering a woman in Santa Ana awaits his execution on death row, as a private investigator goes back decades to reveal troubling holes in the case.

Two mentally challenged brothers are sentenced to death for the rape and murder of an eleven-year old girl after what they said were coerced confessions.