Death Row Stories

When an elderly widow is brutally murdered, handyman Edward Lee Elmore is sentenced to death. However, a tenacious legal intern devotes her life to saving his.

Gloria Killian was convicted of murder and served more than 16 years in prison - until Joyce Ride, mother of America's first female astronaut, was intrigued by her case.

27-year old Army vet Joe D'Ambrosio was sentenced to death for murder in 1989, but Father Neil Kookoothe began investigating the case - and discovered a shocking cover-up.

Police officer James Duckett was convicted of the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl. 14 years later, a detective's efforts to re-visit the case lead him down a sinister path.

When John Thompson is charged with murder in New Orleans, two successful lawyers represent him, but learn that legal rules don't always apply in Crescent City.

In 1987, British businessman Kris Maharaj is sentenced to death for a double homicide - until an attorney uncovers evidence involving Miami's drug trafficking operations.

When an Air Force captain's family is murdered, Army sergeant Tim Hennis is sentenced to death. After his conviction, evidence emerges causing many to question his guilt.

After 17 years on death row for mass murder at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Aurora, Colorado, Nathan Dunlap's fate resides in the hands of Governor John Hickenlooper.