Life and Death Row
Series 4
Exploring the execution of eight men in ten days scheduled to take place in Arkansas, USA.
Episode 1
On death row, one man maintains his innocence, his family hoping he will be spared. In another case, a victim's daughter fights to get justice after decades of waiting.
Episode 2
DNA evidence might prove the innocence of one man. State prosecutors are determined to ensure justice for victims of a man they say is a serial rapist and murderer.
Episode 3
Two men both admitting to brutal attacks on women, with victims including an 11-year-old girl, are the next in line to be executed, as time continues to run out for the State.
Episode 4
A student murdered by a teen gang is a focus at the last execution day. And there is an extraordinary act of compassion from one family's daughter to another.
In Cold Blood
On February 2nd 2017, John Henry Ramirez is scheduled for execution by lethal injection in Huntsville, Texas. Convicted of committing capital murder in 2004, he was sentenced to death by Judge Bobby Galvan in 2008 for a robbery that netted him and his two female accomplices, Angela Rodriguez and Christina Chavez, a grand total of $1.25. His victim Pablo Castro, a Mexican immigrant convenience store worker with young children, was left for dead.