Death Row Stories

A money order salesman is brutally murdered and two teenage brothers and their best friend are arrested. They spend almost four decades behind bars, until a journalist takes notice of the case and uncovers evidence of the men's innocence.

The shooting of a newspaper carrier in rural Mississippi lands 20-year-old Marlon Howell on death row. Convicted on the word of two co-defendants and the identification of an eyewitness with a checkered past, Marlon maintains his innocence.

Nick Yarris's uncanny knowledge of a gruesome kidnapping and murder makes him a prime suspect and eventually lands him on death row. 20 years and one escape attempt later, new evidence emerges that offers Nick one last hope for freedom.

Did Daniel Dougherty commit murder by arson - or did the fire science used to convict him get it wrong?

A man is found dead in his home. His 19-year-old son names his hospitalized mother, Michelle Byrom, as the mastermind of the murder. A team of lawyers unearths a history of violence, and a confession that points to an alternate suspect.

A small-town electrician sits on Texas death row for the murder of a 19-year-old college student -- but forensic science could exonerate him.

When a reformed Chicago gang member is sentenced to death for killing a rival, his case reveals corruption at every level of the criminal justice system.

When a Spainiard is sentenced to death for the murder of a young Florida couple, his family appeals to the international media to fight his conviction.

A small-time Ohio drug dealer sits on death row for murdering a family, until a rookie attorney unearths long-hidden case records that shed new light on the case.