An Arizona man claims jewelry thieves killed his wife, but his story unravels almost immediately; his temporary insanity defense, however, proves to be a formidable opponent in court.
Police believe they've solved a mysterious death in Florida, but at trial the case takes a shocking turn, and a seemingly straight-forward case of murder by strangulation spirals into a bizarre crime story.
A man with a violent criminal history is imprisoned after he nearly kills his girlfriend; just months after he's released early on parole, he finds himself at the center of another tragic case.
Two strangers meet at a bar, but their evening ends with a gruesome death; police think they know who's to blame, but questions of motive leave them stumped.
Two elderly women in Los Angeles seem to pull off the perfect murder; when they try to pull it off again nearly six years later, things don't go as planned.
In Palm Bay, Fla., a seemingly innocent man is found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison; the strongest evidence against him is a debunked form of forensic science.
One of the most famous cases in modern history ends with a verdict that shakes the nation; questions arise over who is responsible, and what part trial consultants and the media play in the outcome.
Facing 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot, a Florida woman is denied use of a controversial legal defense; learning what went wrong, and who "stand your ground" laws are really designed for.
A Wisconsin woman goes to a hospital hoping to confirm her pregnancy and get medical help, but she instead steps into a nightmare; after being held captive for several days and denied a lawyer, she is thrown in jail.
A California woman who claims she was acting in self-defense ends up in prison for murder; while there, she finds her story is much more common than she realizes.
A senseless double murder lands a California man on death row; despite the harsh sentence, a broken system surrounding the death penalty leaves everyone feeling that justice hasn't been served.
Fourteen-year-old Joe is the only child of Jeanette and Jerry -- a housewife and a golf pro -- in a small town in the 1960s Montana. Nearby, an uncontrolled forest fire rages close to the Canadian border, and when Jerry loses his job -- and his sense of purpose -- he decides to join the cause of fighting the fire, leaving his wife and son to fend for themselves. Suddenly forced into the role of an adult, Joe witnesses his mother's struggle as she tries to keep her head above water.
Journalist David Thorpe confronts his anxiety over sounding gay by talking to LGBT icons like Dan Savage and George Takei, and exploring the cultural history of the gay voice in film and television.
Cousins Heather and Peter Artinian -- ages 6 and almost 2, respectively -- are deaf. Their condition could be changed by a cochlear implant, a device that stimulates hearing. The benefits are obvious, but this documentary focuses on why the children's families face a tough decision. There are concerns about how the device will change the recipient's relationship with deaf culture and whether there can ever be a true connection between those who hear sounds and those who hear only silence.
Jackie and Jules are a couple celebrating their first anniversary at a secluded cabin in the woods belonging to Jackie's family. From the moment they arrive, something changes in Jules' normally loving wife, as Jackie begins to reveal a previously unknown dark side -- all building up to a shocking revelation that will pit Jules against the woman she loves in a terrifying fight to survive.
Among the secret murders explored are Judith Roberts, Mary Judge in Leeds in 1968, a schoolgirl killed in Staffordshire in 1972 and Carol Wilkinson, a bakery worker murdered in Bradford in 1977.
The pressure continues to build on West Yorkshire Police; on top of the crimes that police decide to include in the Ripper investigation, murders and attempted murders with a clear link to the killer are discarded and left unsolved.