The Last Defense Season 1 Episodes

7 Episodes 2018 - 2018

Season 1 of the documentary series examines the cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones, two death row inmates who profess their innocence. Routier is accused of murdering her two sons in 1997, while Jones is accused of murdering a man after a carjacking in 2001. The season explores the personal stories of the two people and tries to paint a clearer picture of the series of events that led them to being sentenced to death.

Episode 1

Darlie Routier: The Crime

Tue, Jun 12, 2018 60 mins

The premiere of the docu-series, which explores and exposes flaws in the American justice system via examinations of the death row cases of Darlie Routier and Julius Jones. In 1997, Darlie Routier, wife and mother, was sentenced to death for the brutal stabbing murder of her two young sons. In 2001, Julius Jones, a 21-year-old African-American college student with an academic scholarship, was sentenced to death for the carjacking murder of a white father of two. Both maintain their innocence.

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Episode 2

Darlie Routier: The Trial

Tue, Jun 19, 2018 60 mins

Amid a media frenzy, Darlie Routier's trial begins in the small, conservative town of Kerrville, Texas. Prosecutors know they will be up against a formidable adversary when Darlie's family hires one of Dallas' top attorneys, Doug Mulder. Also: Darlie relates what happened that night, an account investigators say was fabricated after Darlie staged the crime scene. The state's investigators will present its evidence pointing to Darlie as the killer.

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Episode 3

Darlie Routier: The Woman

Tue, Jun 26, 2018 60 mins

The trial of Darlie Routier heats up. Facing one of Texas' top defense lawyers, the prosecution argues that Darlie's actions and demeanor are not that of a grieving mother but of a person capable of murdering her own children. The defense strikes back by questioning the state's theory of motive and the characterization of Darlie. However, when the prosecution presents a video of Darlie having a party at her children's gravesite, and it seems her fate is sealed.

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Episode 4

Darlie Routier: The Fight

Tue, Jul 3, 2018 60 mins

Darlie's current defense team explores alternative theories that the jury may not have fully considered and lays out their strategy for a retrial. With Darlie's execution impending, she and Darin reveal the agony of love under a death sentence.

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Episode 5

Julius Jones: The Crime

Tue, Jul 10, 2018 60 mins

The Julius Jones case is examined. In 1999, the 19-year-old former high-school basketball and football player was arrested days after a businessman was gunned down by a black man in a white suburb of Oklahoma City. At the time of the murder, he was a student at the University of Oklahoma on a partial academic scholarship, attempting to walk on to the basketball team. Here, he tells his version of events while federal public defenders discuss what they claim is a miscarriage of justice.

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Episode 6

Julius Jones: The Trial

Tue, Jul 17, 2018 60 mins

The State calls their star witness, Christopher Jordan, who testifies he was there when Julius pulled the trigger. Julius and his family watch as his defense takes this last opportunity to save him, but there are missed opportunities to hear Julius' side of the story, and a critical piece of evidence is never shown to the jury. The clock is ticking for Julius, but two witnesses have come forward in his favor since the conviction, and he now holds out hope thanks to his current lawyers.

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Episode 7

Julius Jones: The Fight

Tue, Jul 24, 2018 60 mins

With Julius Jones at the top of the state of Oklahoma's list of impending executions, federal public defenders Amanda Bass and Dale Baich are in a race to win a new trial. When new evidence comes to light, there may be hope for Julius. The Season 1 finale.

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