After the First 48

In Harris county Texas, a 41-year-old woman is killed in her home by four masked men. Investigators have an idea of who did, but can they get enough evidence to prove it? Then, when one of the defendants faces a jury, the defense turns the table and puts the Harris County Sheriffs' department on trial.

In the Dallas Neighborhood of Oak Cliff, two young men are shot in the head inside a drug house, their bodies, found burned in the trunk of a car. Investigators scramble to find eyewitnesses to the crime and the three suspects, but at trial, no one could say who pulled the trigger. It would be up to the prosecution to paint a gruesome, vivid picture of this brutal crime in the hopes of securing a capital murder conviction.

An update on a case invovling a Dallas man who was gunned down while trying to protect his friends.

In Harris County Texas, a 38-year-old man is stabbed to death in his own home leaving behind two children and his wife. Investigators track down the suspect thanks to surveillance video and some good old fashion detective work. But when the defendant claims self defense, the state must put together a case that will convince the jury the dead man was in fact the victim and not a predator.

A Houston woman is beaten, set on fire, and left to die in a revenge attack.

Police detectives arrest two young men for the murder of a man at a gas station.

In Cleveland, a 14-year-old girl was gunned down at her own birthday party when rival gangs opened fire. After interviewing eyewitnesses, detectives hunted down several suspects. But would the prosecutor be able to bring all of the defendants to justice? 1200 miles south, in Miami, a woman was shot over a dozen times during a drug deal gone wrong and lived to tell about it. When the woman identified the man who shot her and killed her boyfriend, Det. Manny Castillo hoped her story would be enough to convict a killer.

An armed robbery escalates into capital murder and rocks a residential Houston neighborhood. One man is left for dead while his killers flee into the night. Four years later, will justice finally be served?

A robbery at a Cleveland convenience store turns deadly when a store clerk is shot and killed. As police track down the men responsible, they discover more robberies and a second homicide that can be tied to the same suspects. But when the killers are brought into custody, the real drama begins, as they turn on each other--each bringing a very different story to the witness box.

In Birmingham, AL, a woman, her son and her young niece are stabbed more than 75 times then set on fire inside their apartment. Investigators zero in on the victims' relative. But at trial, the defense claims the suspect's IQ is too low to qualify for the death penalty. It would be up to the prosecution to paint a gruesome, vivid picture of this brutal crime to secure a capital murder conviction and the ultimate punishment.