Death Row Stories - Episode Guide

Capital-murder cases are examined in this documentary series. First up: The case of Edward Lee Elmore is recalled. Elmore was convicted in 1982 for sexually assaulting and murdering a woman in Greenwood, S.C., and was released from prison in 2012.

Examining the case of Gloria Killian, who was convicted of a 1981 murder and served more than 16 years in prison before being exonerated in 2002.

No one listened to 27-year old Army vet Joe D'Ambrosio's pleas of innocence in the 1988 murder of Tony Klann, until Father Neil Kookoothe began investigating and discovered a shocking cover-up.

Detective Marshall Frank attempts to exonerate his fellow cop James Duckett, who is sentenced to death for the rape and murder of an eleven year-old girl.

When petty criminal John Thompson is convicted on capital murder charges, two successful Philadelphia lawyers agree to represent him, but soon discover that their legal rules don't necessarily apply in New Orleans.

Kris Maharaj went from wealthy businessman to Florida's death row. He claims he was framed for a double murder allegedly ordered by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Now, a judge has opened the door for a possible re-trial.

Kris Maharaj went from wealthy businessman to Florida's death row. He claims he was framed for a double murder allegedly ordered by Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar. Now, a judge has opened the door for a possible re-trial.

With a re-election campaign looming, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper will decide the fate of seventeen year death row inmate Nathan Dunlap who was convicted of mass murder at a Chuck E. Cheese's restaurant in Aurora.

A Texas mother is sentenced to death after being convicted of murdering her two young sons in their Dallas-area home.

A small-town Illinois barfly is quickly sentenced to death for the alleged murder of a pair of newlyweds.

An eight-year-old boy is the only survivor of a brutal family massacre in a California home.

The execution-style killings of a Florida nightclub owner and two aspiring models are caught on camera.

Two construction workers are brutally attacked in San Antonio, but one survives and is able to identify his assailant.

A report on botched executions in several states, including Ohio, Arizona and Oklahoma.

Two stepbrothers confess to the murder of an 11-year-old girl, but later claim their confession was coerced. After being convicted they spend 30 years in jail before potentially new evidence comes to light.

In 1995, Hank Skinner was sentenced to death for a New Year's Eve triple-homicide of his family. Skinner, discovered drunk, high, and covered in blood, claims he passed out on the couch at the time of the murders, with no recollection of the events. Five years later, students from the Northwestern University start to investigate the case, and discover that key physical evidence, including the murder weapon and a jacket likely worn by the assailant, were never tested for DNA. They also discover troubling evidence pointing to a possible alternate suspect.

When 19-year-old Stacey Stites' body is found half-naked by the side of the road, her fiancé, police officer Jimmy Fennell, is cleared as a suspect. DNA is found to match Rodney Reed, a local man suspected in other sexual assault cases and he is sentenced to death. A decade after the crime, Stites' former fiancé is imprisoned for sexually assaulting a woman in his custody. When new forensic evidence casts doubt on the timeline of the crime, evidence shows Stites' death may have occurred while she was at home.

A 4-year-old girl from Philadelphia is found murdered, her body placed in a TV box. Police find no suspects, and the case goes cold. Years later, they arrest a neighbor, Walter Ogrod, for the crime. When an author seeking to write about the death penalty comes across Walter's case, he finds an investigation filled with holes, and a perpetrator who appears mentally unable to have confessed to the crime. The writer discovers a jailhouse snitch network and publishes a two-part article in the Philadelphia City Paper to reveal these injustices. Meanwhile, Walter Ogrod remains on death row, fighting a system determined to keep him there.

Sabrina Butler, a 17-year old African American woman, arrives at a Mississippi hospital with her baby dead on arrival. Nurses and doctors suspect foul play, and Sabrina cannot give straight answers about what happened to her baby. Sabrina is charged with capital murder and sentenced to death. Several years later, death penalty expert Clive Stafford Smith uncovers a corrupt system in which Mississippi medical examiners steer autopsy results to buttress the claims of law enforcement. Clive is able to get Sabrina a re-trial and seek out justice.

A babysitter is found brutally murdered in Santa Ana, California, with five young children in the home left unscathed. The parents are quick to point to Kenneth Clair, a local transient who burglarized their home in the past. Clair is convicted of capital murder and sent to death row. But recent DNA analyses and allegations of corruption at the Orange County District Attorney's Office raise questions about the validity of this conviction. The DA's office denies the allegations and says the conviction should stand.

Clarence "Smitty" Smith, the leader of the notorious biker club The Outlaws, is accused of a quadruple homicide in Fort Lauderdale. He beats the rap for the homicides, but is sentenced to death for car bombing of a federal witness in New Orleans. On appeal, Smitty is exonerated from death row, proving his innocence beyond question. But the Feds aren't done with Smitty – under the RICO act, they charge Smitty with all the murders in Ft. Lauderdale and New Orleans again, and this time they win. Should a man in his 70's be left to die in federal prison after being charged twice for his crimes?

After a family of six is found brutally murdered in a rural Texas town, a perpetrator confesses to the crime. Police however, can't believe one man alone could murder six people, and Anthony Graves is named as an accomplice. Graves is sentenced to death, but maintains his innocence. His case is eventually taken up by a journalism professor who discovers a District Attorney engaged in misconduct who is intent on keeping a guiltless man in prison.

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.

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.

A former trouble-maker sits on Ohio death row for killing an elderly couple, while a desperate team of journalists, attorneys, and former law enforcement make the case of his innocence.

After a Delaware store clerk is murdered, a local drug dealer confesses to the crime..but can what he says on tape be believed?

There's no doubt Terry Williams committed murder - but what drove him to kill?

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

In Louisiana, a disabled teenager is sentenced to death - but the discovery of hidden eyewitness interviews casts new light on his confession.

In Texas, a 17-year-old with a violent past is named the killer in a drug deal gone wrong - but a misidentified bullet could unravel the case.

In Philadelphia, the brazen killing of a state's witness leads police to an alleged hitman - but could the evidence against him be nothing more than smoke and mirrors?

Bite marks on a murder victim's body twice lead to Ray Krone's conviction - but the DNA evidence tells another story.