Life and Death Row

The story of capital punishment through the eyes of young men and women whose lives it has shaped.

This fascinating true crime documentary follows the trial of 26-year-old Guy Heinze Jr, accused of beating his father and seven members of his family to death. With remarkable access to the jury members charged with reaching a verdict, there's legal maneuvering and unexpected twists as evidence about the brutal killings unfolds.

25-year-old law student, Kelly Hickman, attempts to save two young killers facing execution.

In March 2009, Daniel Lopez was involved in a dramatic car chase that killed a police officer. Daniel was given the death penalty. Unusually for a death row prisoner, he is resisting all appeals to block his execution. His state-appointed attorneys argue that their client is using the justice system as a form of suicide. His family are also pleading with him to fight and stay alive for them.

Shawn Ford Jr. is on trial for his life and a jury must decide whether he should live or die.

In January 2014, 18-year-old Justin Back was brutally murdered in his own home. Two of his friends, Austin Myers and Timothy Mosley, are arrested and charged. But both give very different versions of events, begging the question, who is telling the truth? With prosecutors seeking the death penalty for the crime, what will each one do to save themselves from the ultimate punishment?