Taking the Stand — Season 4

Aired 28 May 2025 • 42 min

Richard Acosta, Jr. is being tried for murder, accused of being the getaway driver for his son.

Aired 4 June 2025 • 42 min

Hannah Payne is on trial for the murder of Kenneth Herring, a motorist who fled an accident.

Aired 11 June 2025 • 42 min

Investigators discover there's much more to a shooting than a simple love triangle gone wrong.

Aired 18 June 2025 • 42 min

A year after discovering her husband's frozen body in the driveway, Lori Phillips faces charges for his death; facing up to 25 years in prison, Lori has decided to testify, hoping to persuade the jury that she was fleeing from an abusive man.

Aired 25 June 2025 • 42 min

Charlie Adelson stands accused of hiring two hitmen to murder his ex-brother-in-law, Dan Markel, in order to free his sister from a nasty child custody dispute; according to Adelson, he's also a victim, claiming the hitmen extorted him.

Aired 2 July 2025 • 42 min

Sasha Skare, 23, is on trial for the murder of her music producer and lover Martell DeRouen. She has turned down a plea deal and decided to take the stand to tell her side of the story--that she was abused, and the shooting was unintentional.

Aired 9 July 2025 • 42 min

After being sucker punched during a campus gathering, Northern Arizona University freshman Steven Jones shoots four fellow students, injuring three and killing one.

Aired 16 July 2025 • 42 min

After 8 months on the run, disgraced personal-injury attorney Richard Merritt faces trial for the brutal murder of his 77-year-old mother, Shirley.

Aired 18 July 2025 • 42 min

35 years after 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her home in Greeley, CO, her remains are recovered. Investigators charge former Idaho Gubernatorial candidate Steve Pankey with murder.

Aired 25 July 2025 • 42 min

Active-duty Army Sergeant Demarcus Little is on trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Anitra Gunn.

Aired 1 August 2025 • 42 min