Life and Death Row

How do you live with a death sentence? Real stories from the prisoners facing their final days - and the victims' families desperate for closure.

Documentary

How do you live with a death sentence? Real stories from the prisoners facing their final days - and the victims' families desperate for closure.

Documentary

Total 5 seasons, 23 episodes

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people.

Aired 11 years ago

3 Episodes

Episode 1Execution60 min
Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it. It looks at two of the youngest men on death row in Texas.
Episode 2Judgement80 min
Following the trial of Guy Heinze Jr, with access to jury members charged with reaching a verdict on allegations that he beat his father and seven family members to death.
Episode 3Crisis Stage60 min
Film following students from the Death Penalty Clinic at the University of Houston as they fight last-ditch appeals for two of the youngest killers facing execution.

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