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Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.
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Season 1

  • Means to an End
    7.2/10473 votes
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    Means to an End

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/29/2018

    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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  • Killer in the Eyes of the Law
    7.3/10356 votes
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    Killer in the Eyes of the Law

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/5/2018

    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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  • The Mockingbird
    7.1/10189 votes
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    The Mockingbird

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/12/2018

    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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  • Sympathy for the Devil
    7.5/10334 votes
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    Sympathy for the Devil

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/19/2018

    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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  • Intended Evil
    7.0/10275 votes
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    Intended Evil

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/26/2018

    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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  • Declared Competent
    6.9/10243 votes
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    Declared Competent

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 7/3/2018

    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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  • Family Affair
    7.0/10263 votes
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    Family Affair

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 7/10/2018

    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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  • Hunted
    7.0/10240 votes
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    Hunted

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 7/17/2018

    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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  • Living with the Consequences
    7.3/10247 votes
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    Living with the Consequences

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 7/24/2018

    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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  • A Matter of Life and Death
    6.8/10222 votes
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    A Matter of Life and Death

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 7/31/2018

    Convicted murderer Wayne Doty admits his guilt but requests that his execution be carried out by electric chair, a method no longer used in Florida.

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