About this season
An intimate account of what happens when someone is formally charged with a crime and sent to trial – all solely from the perspective of the accused, their legal team and family members.
Episodes (10)
1. Deadly Veteran or Self-Protection
8.0Aired 26 May 2022
A US veteran shoots a wanted fugitive in the back.
2. Stabbed My Neighbor or Protected Myself?
7.0Aired 2 June 2022
A man is slashed with a knife in his kitchen by his neighbor, but there are no eyewitnesses and both men give different accounts of the incident.
3. Failed My Child or Innocent Mother
8.0Aired 9 June 2022
A mother finds her child cold and her boyfriend nowhere to be seen. When the child dies and the boyfriend is found hanged, prosecutors may decide that she is to blame.
4. Killed My Husband or Defended Myself
7.0Aired 16 June 2022
After years of domestic abuse, a woman shoots her husband to death.
5. Careless Adult or Swimming Pool Tragedy?
7.0Aired 23 June 2022
After a child is injured in a swimming pool, the man looking after her is charged with aggravated child abuse.
6. Wife Killer or Medically Insane?
8.0Aired 7 July 2022
When a woman is stabbed to death by her husband of three decades, his defense argues that he was insane at the time of the killing.
7. Jealous Shooter or Innocent Fall Guy?
7.0Aired 14 July 2022
A tattoo artist is shot in his home. The case goes cold until two informants identify a young photojournalist as the shooter. The accused insists he has an alibi and was miles away at the time.
8. Teenage Killer or Mistaken Identity?
7.0Aired 21 July 2022
A fight between teenagers leads to an 18-year-old being killed by a single gunshot to the chest. Eyewitnesses claim that a 16-year-old student pulled the trigger, but he insists he is innocent.
9. Killed My Wife or Staircase Fall?
8.0Aired 28 July 2022
When a mother is found fighting for her life at the bottom of the stairs of her home, suspicion falls on her firefighter husband. The defense claims that she sustained her injuries by falling down the stairs.
10. Murdered My Tenant or Self-Defense?
7.0Aired 4 August 2022
When a landlord shoots a problem tenant dead in Florida, police and prosecutors act swiftly--charging the landlord with murder. The landlord claims that the tenant was carrying a machete at the time of the shooting and threatened to kill him. With the landlord facing life in prison if found guilty, is this self-defense or murder?