A documentary series about the state of the U.S. legal system and the death penalty. Stories told by the people who have lived on death row and some exonerated. Over zealous prosecutors and the lack of their culpability in a tremendously flawed system.
SERIES INFO Genre: Crime Documentary Drama Stars: - Series Plot: Death Row Stories is a series of one-hour documentaries. Each episode attempts to unravel the truth behind a different capital murder case. Executive produced by Alex Gibney and Robert Redford and narrated by Susan Sarandon, these stories call into question various beliefs surrounding America's justice system and the death penalty.
EPISODE INFO Title: Death By the Bayou Airdate: 2020-05-10 Episode plot: After Shreveport pizza delivery man Jarvis Griffin is shot and robbed outside his car, police round up eyewitnesses and tape their interrogations. 16-year-old Corey Williams becomes the prime suspect, and under questioning, police extract his confession. Prosecutor Hugo Holland handles the case for Caddo Parish, the county with the most death penalty convictions per capita in America, and Corey becomes the youngest person on Louisiana death row. But when a dogged team of defenders takes on his case, they learn that that not only is Corey’s confession questionable — but that hidden police interviews with other eyewitnesses point to another suspect.
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