Episode list

The mystery surrounding little Caylee gripped the nation. Was she the victim of her neglectful, party girl mother Casey, or was a darker family secret to blame? The only thing more shocking than the testimony was the verdict itself.

The discovery of Travis Alexander's body, riddled with stab wounds, his throat slit and shot in the back of the head, shocked his friends and family. What didn't shock them was when Arizona police charged his on-again off-again girlfriend Jodi Arias with his murder.

Years after being found not guilty of the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman, O.J. Simpson was back in a courtroom and again facing felony charges. Was this a legitimate prosecution or just an attempt to punish Simpson for the sins of his past?

While under the influence of drugs and alcohol, Chante Mallard struck pedestrian Gregory Biggs, impaling him in the windshield. What she chose to do, and not do next, is what turned a terrible accident into a shocking case of murder.

Mark Sievers thought he had arranged the perfect murder when he hired a childhood friend and another man to murder his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers. His best laid plan started falling apart when someone he trusted the most turned on him.

Being found guilty of the murder of her husband, her conviction was overturned, and would once again face a jury of her peers. Would a new jury believe that he took his own life or would the prosecution once again prove she was a killer?

Carlton owed his wife in back child support. It would be cheaper to pay a hit man to make her go away. What he didn't know was that the it was an undercover cop and the proof of his ex's demise was staged with the assistance of Elizabeth.

It was the talk of the town. Betty Broderick - socialite who led a perfect life. Successful husband, kids, soccer Mom. Until it all came crashing down in divorce, and murder.

William Coday thought he met the love of his life when Gloria Gomez came into the library where he worked. Years earlier, he'd thought he had a similar love. And like that girl, Gloria's life would come to a similarly brutal end.

Mark Dippolito couldn't believe it when the police told him his new bride Dalia had hired a hit man to have him killed. He was even more surprised when she claimed in court that it was his idea.

Rabbi Fred Neulander was a pillar of his Cherry Hill, New Jersey community - the founder of a synagogue, a father and a husband. Little did anyone know, he was also an adulterer, one capable of hiring a hit man to murder his own wife.

For the four LAPD cops who beat Rodney King with batons it may have been business as usual. But then the world learned that it had been captured on video, and those 81 seconds changed everything. Soon after came a headline grabbing trial that forced the nation to address long simmering racial justice issues that continue today.

When Charlie Manson and members of his "family" were given the death penalty for the Helter Skelter murders, people thought their reign of terror was over. But then California overturned the death penalty, making parole an option and allowing Manson to once again take center stage.

Some say the idea of an evil twin is the stuff of soap operas and classic movies. But those people never met identical twins Gina and Sunny Han, whose rivalry was so intense it led to a murder plot and trial filled with twists and turns that have to be seen to be believed.

Just weeks after a jury found four LAPD officers innocent of brutally beating Rodney King, the LAPD was once again put in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. Officer Douglas Iversen shot unarmed tow truck driver attempting to flee a crime scene. Now another jury must decide if an LAPD officer went too far.

Emotions ran high in the days following the 9/11 attack on the United States. For the most part the grief and anger brought people together. But for Frank Roque it was a motivation for killing an innocent immigrant chasing the American dream.

It takes a lot of planning and skill to pull off an armored car heist in broad daylight outside a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year. Timothy Ring and his crew pulled it off, but never planned on how to get away with it, resulting a trial that would eventually change death penalty cases nationwide.

What would motivate a man to brutally stab and drown his wife and the mother of his children? Scott Falater can't answer that question because he has no memory of doing so, claiming he was sleepwalking at the time. Would he be able to convince a jury of that?

Where is Baby Gabriel? At one point his mother Elizabeth Johnson claimed she killed him. At another, she said that she gave him to a mysterious couple in Texas. Will we ever know what really happened?

Harry Beck thought he was doing the right thing when he agreed to talk to his brother Dave's on-again off again girlfriend Kimberly Passwaters about their relationship. But when Dave killed her the right thing became being the state's star witness Dave's murder trial.

Jennifer Luick said she was having a little fun when she pinched Andrew Wirth's buttocks in a bar. That pinch resulted in the deaths of Jennifer and her boyfriend Greg Peters. For the first time, Andrew Wirth sits down for an interview about the night that forever changed his life.

Frank Jude nearly lost his life when a group of drunken off-duty Milwaukee police officers brutalized him over a missing badge. But his real fight would be taking on the Blue Wall of Silence in his quest for justice.

Julie Jensen suspected her husband and the father of her children Mark Jensen wanted her dead, so she put pen to paper telling the world just that. Will Mark Jensen's lawyer be able to use that same letter to prove that Julie framed him?

Jeffery Pyne was every parent's dream - smart, athletic, hard-working, so what drove him to commit a horrific crime - the brutal murder of his own mother.

Nancy Seaman never denied killing her husband Robert with a hatchet. The question is, did she plan it or was the murder a desperate attempt to save her own life after what she claims was three decades of physical and emotional abuse.

Scott Amendure thought the Jenny Jones Show was the perfect place to reveal to his friend Jonathan Schmitz that he had a crush on him. Three days later, Schmitz shot Amendure to death, but was it mental illness or homophobia that made Schmitz snap? And was he the only one responsible?

Dr. Jack Kevorkian thought it was an act of mercy to help over 130 terminally ill patients die a peaceful, pain free death. Michigan prosecutors said it was murder and spent years trying to get a jury to agree with them.

Some called it a love affair. Others, a crime. The shocking story that 34-year-old married schoolteacher and mom Mary Kay Letourneau was having sex with a 12-year-old student grabbed headlines around the world. And it was only the first in a series of wild revelations.

Reverend Randall Foos says it was just an unfortunate accident when his car hit and killed 19-year-old Sara Casey as she rode her bicycle. But a civil suit revealed more than the eye could see...or couldn't, that turned this accident into a crime.

No one argued that Naveed Haq suffered from mental health issues when he walked into the Seattle Jewish Federation office and started shooting, wounding six women and killing one. The question for the jury was "did his mental health issues make it less of a crime?"

When 15-month-old Ava Worthington became ill with a cold, her parents Carl and Raylene did what they always did - relied on the tenets of the Followers of Christ church, a Pentecostal sect that insisted the power of prayer was the only cure she needed. When Ava died, prosecutors didn't find it to be a matter of faith, they considered it a crime.

Prosecutors said the death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley was completely preventable; so much so his parents were charged with criminally negligent homicide. As members of the Followers of Christ Church they, believed unwavering faith was the only thing Neil needed, just as they did months earlier when their granddaughter died under similar circumstances and her parents were charged with the very same crime.

Friends and family of Angie Zapata say she never hid from the men she dated that that she was a transgender woman. Michael Andrade claims she did and that the revelation drove him to brutally murder her. His resulting trial set a national precedent for prosecuting a hate crime against a transgender person.

Police dispatcher Shawna Nelson thought she had committed the perfect crime when she shot her romantic rival Heath Garraus execution style, but she underestimated the abilities of the very police department she worked for to get to the bottom of the murder.

With a beautiful wife, loving family and plenty of money in the bank, NFL star Kellen Winslow II seemingly had it all when he left the game behind. But then five women came forward to accuse him of rape and other sex crimes -- charges that could put Kellen Winslow in prison for the rest of his life.