Life and Death Row

Synopsis

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

First Air Date: 2014-03-17

Last Air Date: 2025-02-04

Number of Seasons: 5

Number of Episodes: 23

Networks: BBC Three, BBC Two

Series 1 (2014) - (3 Episodes)

Series 2 (2016) - (4 Episodes)

Series 3 (2016) - (8 Episodes)

Series 4 (2018) - (5 Episodes)

Series 5 (2025) - (3 Episodes)

Series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people.

Ep. 1: Execution (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.
Ep. 2: Judgement (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.
Ep. 3: Crisis Stage (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.