Death Row Stories

Two construction workers were brutally attacked. Despite suffering gunshot wounds, one worker survived and was able to identify his assailant. But the case went unsolved until a random bar fight inspired police to dust off the case file.

The Ryen family were murdered in their home; 8-year-old Josh Ryen was the sole survivor. Evidence quickly pointed to Kevin Cooper. 20 years later, appeals lawyers discovered eyewitness accounts pointing to alternate suspects.

The execution-style killings of a Florida nightclub owner and two models are caught on camera, and two suspects who resemble the killers are sentenced to death. But the reliability of video-as-evidence is thrown into question when evidence of one man's innocence emerges.

A pair of newlyweds is murdered and a local barfly is quickly sent to death row for the crimes. But when a young cop takes a deeper look at the case, he uncovers lies and corruption, and risks his career to free an innocent man from death row.

Two young boys were murdered in their home and their mother, Darlie Routier, who was stabbed claimed an intruder was responsible for the attacks. Darlie was sent to Death Row for the crime. In this gripping episode, Darlie's sole surviving son Drake, speaks for the first time about the crime.

Lethal injection has been heralded as a humane form of execution, but Ohio, Arizona and Oklahoma left inmates writhing, gasping in executions lasting up to two hours. Is this constitutional?