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Death Row Stories Season 5 Episodes
Season 5 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2020 - 2020
Episode 1
The Lost Boy
Sun, Apr 19, 202041 mins
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.
Episode 2
Tale of the Tape
Sun, Apr 19, 202041 mins
After a Delaware store clerk is murdered, a local drug dealer confesses to the crime..but can what he says on tape be believed?
Episode 3
Predator or Prey?
Sun, Apr 26, 202041 mins
There's no doubt Terry Williams committed murder - but what drove him to kill?
Episode 4
Forensics by Fire
Sun, May 3, 202041 mins
In August 1985, a quiet Philadelphia neighborhood is shattered by tragedy. A house goes up in flames, with two young boys trapped inside. Police and fire investigators suspect their father, Daniel Dougherty, intentionally set the fire, but they don't have the evidence to arrest him - until fourteen years later, when Daniel's ex-wife comes forward to say he confessed to her. In the years since he ended up on death row, Daniel's case has gone to trial an astonishing three times. Daniel claims the fire science that put him away is deeply flawed - but his own dark past, and lingering mysteries about the fire itself, make this anything but an open and shut case.
Episode 5
Death by the Bayou
Sun, May 10, 202040 mins
The story of a Louisiana DA' reckless and wrongful conviction of Corey Williams, sending him to death row. And the heroic 20-year-long fight to get his freedom.
Episode 6
The Wrong Gun
Sun, May 17, 202041 mins
In May 1992, four young men enter a park in Houston, Texas. Minutes later, one of them is dead from a bullet and a shotgun blast to the head. When police track down one of the surviving drug dealers, he names 17-year-old Nanon Williams as the shooter, and other witnesses back up the story. Nanon becomes one of just over thirty juveniles on death row in America, but he pleads his innocence. As his appeals attorneys reexamine the evidence, they learn that the state made a grave error: the bullet in the victim's brain didn't come from Nanon's gun, but his co-defendant's - a man who only served four years in prison. Prosecutors stand by the conviction, even as Nanon tries to prove he's redeemed himself behind bars.
Episode 7
The Hit That Wasn't
Sun, May 24, 202041 mins
In Philadelphia, the brazen killing of a state's witness leads police to an alleged hitman - but could the evidnce against him be nothing more than smoke and mirrors?
Episode 8
Once Bitten, Twice Tried
Sun, May 31, 202041 mins
When single mother and Phoenix bartender Kim Ancona is found brutally stabbed to death, her passing tears her family apart. Combing the crime scene, police find an intriguing clue: bite marks on Kim's body that suggest her attacker has crooked teeth. Detectives turn to Ray Krone, a local mailman with a damaged jaw. A renowned prosecutor pushes for a death sentence, but Ray's family and appeals attorney refuse to give up hope. They win Ray another trial, forcing him to go up against the same bite mark science that put him away the first time. Ultimately, Ray's freedom depends on the emerging science of DNA - and finding Kim's true killer.