Ep 4 of 11: Jessicah

Jessicah Black breaks her silence after nearly 15 years and reveals to state innocence investigators that she lied under oath as a teenager. The recantation triggers a massive shift in Rayshawn, Nathaniel, Jermal, and Christopher’s post-conviction fight. Meanwhile, a tragedy b ...

The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission convenes and staff investigators reveal everything they’ve dug into over the course of nearly five years. Jessicah, Jermal, Rayshawn, Nathaniel, and Christopher come under questioning again, but maintain their truth. New DNA evid ...

The atmosphere was tense as the trial against Alma Rattenbury and her 18-year-old lover began. After five days of testimony, the jury returned their verdict. But the fates of Alma and the young George Stoner would not follow any ruling from the court. Learn more about your ad cho ...  Show more

Chapter 3 of 9 Facing the death penalty, Leo Schofield retains renowned Polk County defense attorney Jack Edmund, who must square off against an aggressive young prosecutor, John Aguero at trial. The prosecutor builds his case around testimony from numerous witnesses who describe ...  Show more

Two prosecutors are gunned down within a short span. A tip comes in that there will be more bloodshed. The entire justice system was on edge in a case striking at its heart. Can police stop this murderer before he strikes again?

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Ottis Toole is arrested for arson and confesses to a string of murders committed with his lover Henry Lee Lucas. Detectives come from all over to talk to him. Toole confesses to taking a little boy from a mall in Florida, but later denies it. Though Toole takes police to various ...  Show more