A gripping exploration of self-defense murder cases, where law enforcement, prosecutors and defense attorneys unravel every detail, from the harrowing stories, forensics, interrogations and witness statements that led up to the gruesome event in order to find answers.
Seasons & Episode
A teen boy makes a shocking 911 call claiming his grandmother shot him. As detectives investigate, they uncover drugs and deep familial conflicts spanning a generational divide, leaving a jury questioning who to believe.
After best friends spend an evening Christmas shopping, the night ends with one man fatally shooting the other. The survivor claims self-defense, but his foggy memory, forensic evidence and witness accounts suggest there could be more to the story.
An aspiring doctor shoots her husband in front of their two sons on the side of a Nebraska interstate; a jury must decide whether this was an abused woman defending her life or a fed-up wife who wanted out of her marriage.
A family is in shock when their patriarch kills his brother-in-law and claims self-defense; when police uncover a bizarre story of missing cash and betrayal among this tight-knight immigrant family, the community doesn't know what or who to believe.