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The Best Episodes of I AM A KILLER

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The Best Episodes of I AM A KILLER

Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.

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  1. 8.0/10(315 votes)

    #1 - Crossing the Line

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    S2:E6

    Kansas native Cavona Flenoy agreed to a date with a liquor store clerk, but the evening took a deadly turn when he tried to assault her.

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  2. 7.8/10(105 votes)

    #2 - Lives Lost

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    S5:E3

    Higinio Gonzalez killed a store clerk during an armed robbery at the age of 16. He swears it was an accident, but one county attorney isn't so sure.

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  3. 7.7/10(303 votes)

    #3 - An Ordinary Boy

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    S2:E2

    Remorseful about the crime that sent him to prison for life, Leo Little tells the story of the murder he committed in 1998. He is now a minister.

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  4. 7.5/10(347 votes)

    #4 - Sympathy for the Devil

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    S1:E4

    Sentenced for a triple murder linked by police to Satanism, Miguel Angel Martinez becomes the youngest person ever on death row in Texas.

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  5. 7.5/10(72 votes)

    #5 - Loved to Death

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    S5:E5

    Convicted for killing his grandmother, Rex Groves insists he no longer holds murderous thoughts towards his family. But their trust isn't easily won.

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  6. 7.3/10(372 votes)

    #6 - Killer in the Eyes of the Law

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    S1:E2

    Kenneth Foster's death sentence is commuted just hours before his execution, but he asserts that his punishment under an unusual Texas law is unfair.

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  8. 7.3/10(259 votes)

    #7 - Living with the Consequences

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    S1:E9

    Teenage drug abuser Joshua Nelson murders a friend in cold blood to steal his car, but other shocking motivations for the crime emerge at his trial.

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  9. 7.3/10(55 votes)

    #8 - A Mother's Choice (2)

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    S6:E2

    As Daniel maintains his innocence, more details about Jose Menchaca's murder come to light, shifting the focus to Candie's troubled past and cartel ties.

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  10. 7.2/10(489 votes)

    #9 - Means to an End

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    S1:E1

    After years in solitary confinement, James Robertson admits to murdering his new cellmate as an escape to the better conditions on death row.

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  11. 7.2/10(221 votes)

    #10 - Trapped

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    S2:E4

    From a women's reformatory in Ohio, Linda Lee Couch talks about the murder of her husband, Walter, in 1984, a killing precipitated by years of abuse.

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  12. 7.2/10(195 votes)

    #11 - Owning It

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    S2:E7

    After an unsuccessful attempt to kill his father, drug user Charles "Billy" Armentrout later murdered his grandmother and was sent to prison for life.

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  13. 7.1/10(203 votes)

    #12 - The Mockingbird

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    S1:E3

    Raised in an environment of drug addiction and crime, teenager Justin Dickens commits murder but disputes the prosecutor's version of events.

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  14. 7.1/10(187 votes)

    #13 - Something Hideous

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    S2:E9

    Toby Williams murdered Deborah Moore and shot her husband, John, in a cruel 1984 robbery for which he has been on death row for nearly 35 years.

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  15. 7.1/10(135 votes)

    #14 - The Bogeyman

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    S4:E5

    Sentenced to life without parole for Jason Johnson's horrific murder, Gary Black says he has no regrets, while Jason's family finds purpose in tragedy.

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  16. 7.1/10(86 votes)

    #15 - Lost Innocence

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    S5:E2

    Young love takes a dark turn when Ashley Morrison's plan to run away with her boyfriend, Christian Sims, results in the murder of his grandmother.

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  17. 7.1/10(47 votes)

    #16 - Time Bomb

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    S6:E5

    Leroy Schmitz claims he didn't mean to kill his wife during a drunken argument, pleading that an abusive childhood predisposed him to violence.

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  18. 7.0/10(288 votes)

    #17 - Intended Evil

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    S1:E5

    After shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Charles Thompson is charged with manslaughter -- until his ex dies due to a hospital error.

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  19. 7.0/10(275 votes)

    #18 - Family Affair

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    S1:E7

    High on a drug that fuels his paranoia, Deandra Buchanan fatally shoots his aunt, stepfather and girlfriend -- a crime he claims he can't recall.

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  20. 7.0/10(251 votes)

    #19 - Hunted

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    S1:E8

    Robert Shafer and a friend target a same-sex couple in a robbery, but their crime spins out of control into kidnapping and double murder.

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  21. 7.0/10(61 votes)

    #20 - A Brutal Outcome

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    S5:E6

    Makueeyapee Whitford claims the murder he committed was an act of self-defense against a rival tribe, but eyewitness testimonies tell a different story.

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  22. 7.0/10(59 votes)

    #21 - A Mother's Choice (1)

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    S6:E1

    A botched drug deal is only the beginning when Candie Dominguez assists her boyfriend, Daniel Lopez, in his gruesome killing of her cousin.

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  23. 7.0/10(54 votes)

    #22 - Defense of Another

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    S6:E3

    Serving 20 years in prison for a bar brawl gone awry, Walter Triplett maintains that racial profiling played the biggest factor in his conviction.

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  24. 7.0/10(54 votes)

    #23 - Choices

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    S6:E6

    Sentenced to a minimum of 109 years behind bars, Kevin Saxon considers the choices that led him to commit murder — both in and outside of prison.

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  25. 6.9/10(255 votes)

    #24 - Declared Competent

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    S1:E6

    No one -- including David Lewis himself -- disputes that he committed murder. But Lewis's mental fitness remains in doubt despite his death sentence.

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  26. 6.9/10(127 votes)

    #25 - Rolling the Dice

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    S3:E5

    Accept a plea deal or go to trial? Three men receive radically different prison sentences for their roles in the fatal shooting of a cab driver.

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Best Episodes Summary

"Crossing the Line" is the best rated episode of "I AM A KILLER". It scored 8/10 based on 315 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 11/26/2019. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Lives Lost".