Death Row Stories

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In America CNN is by and large still a cable news outlet, but a movement under the leadership of network president Jeff Zucker to provide more alternative, entertainment-based programming is clearly afoot, and `Death Row Stories' is a prime example. The eight-part documentary - the result of a collaboration with Academy Award-winning directors Robert Redford (`Ordinary People') and Alex Gibney (`Taxi to the Dark Side') - revisits compelling capital murder cases in the US, detailing the twists and turns involved in each as a thought-provoking exercise on the death penalty and the American justice system. `Dead Man Walking' Oscar winner Susan Sarandon is the narrator. Redford's Sundance Productions also partnered with CNN for the documentary series `Chicagoland'.

Two Brothers: Episode Image
Episode 1Two Brothers

When an 11-year-old girl is found murdered, two step-brothers, aged 15 and 19, confess to the crime. But with IQs each under 60, they later claim their confessions were coerced.

NYE Foul Play: Episode Image
Episode 2NYE Foul Play

In 1995, Hank Skinner was sentenced to death for murdering his family on New Year's Eve. Five years later, students from the Northwestern University investigate the case.

Love Kills: Episode Image
Episode 3Love Kills

When 19-year-old Stacey Stites' body is found half-naked by the side of the road, her fiance, police officer Jimmy Fennell, is cleared as a suspect.

Snitch Work: Episode Image
Episode 4Snitch Work

A four-year-old girl from Philadelphia is found murdered and a neighbour is arrested for the crime, but when a writer investigates, he finds a corrupt system and a troubling case.

Mississippi Mother: Episode Image
Episode 5Mississippi Mother

When 17-year-old Sabrina Butler arrives at the hospital with her baby dead, nurses and doctors suspect foul play and she cannot give straight answers about what happened.

Murdered Babysitter: Episode Image
Episode 6Murdered Babysitter

A man convicted of murdering a woman in Santa Ana awaits his execution on death row, as a private investigator goes back decades to reveal troubling holes in the case.

Feds vs. Outlaws: Episode Image
Episode 7Feds vs. Outlaws

Clarence Smith, leader of the notorious biker club Outlaws, was found not guilty of five homicides, but sentenced to death for the car bombing of a federal witness.

Family Lies: Episode Image
Episode 8Family Lies

After a family of six is found brutally murdered in a rural Texas town, a perpetrator confesses to the crime.

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