Life and Death Row

Life and Death Row

2014•1h 0m•10.0/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

10.0/10(1)

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

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Production

BBC Studios

Language

EN

Status

Returning Series

First Aired

March 17, 2014

Last Aired

February 4, 2025

Networks

BBC Three, BBC Two

Where to Watch

Region US · Lang EN

US

No providers available for this region.

Seasons & Episodes

Select a season to view episodes. Reddit links may contain spoilers.

Season

Execution

E1

Execution

Air date: 2014-03-17

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.

Judgement

E2

Judgement

Air date: 2014-03-24

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.

Crisis Stage

E3

Crisis Stage

Air date: 2014-03-31

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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