George Burch stands accused of the brutal murder of Nicole VanderHeyden, a 31-year-old mother of three; he willingly takes the stand to prove he is not guilty and provide the jury with an alternative suspect.

When a son finds his father slumped over dead near a pile of cocaine, he dismembers the body to conceal the crime; James Scandirito Jr. takes the stand to explain why he thought he had to dismember and bury what he claims was his deceased father.

When a woman shoots her pilot husband and flees to Brazil, she sets off a long battle for her extradition and trial in the United States; she'll go under oath to convince a jury that anyone in her place would have done the same.

What started out looking like a freak traffic accident soon becomes a suspected murder cover-up; Todd Kendhammer has to take the stand to convince a jury that he would never hurt his wife, Barbara.

A beloved college professor is executed in Tallahassee, Fla., and the suspects include a mother with two children, a violent gang member and a family of wealthy dentists.

When 3-year-old Hannah Wesche dies of head trauma, the babysitter who cared for her is indicted for her murder; Lindsay Partin takes the stand to defend her innocence and to try to explain several suspicious statements she gave to police detectives.