About this season
This true crime documentary series investigates cases where people convicted of murder claim their confessions were coerced, involuntary or false.
Episodes (7)
1. True East Part 1
7.0Aired 8 September 2017 • 42 min
Following a gruesome murder, two teens are targeted by undercover police, who use a controversial technique to try to extract a confession.
2. True East Part 2
7.5Aired 8 September 2017 • 42 min
As the trial for Burns and Rafay unfolds, the suspects begin to understand the massive implications of their confessions.
3. A Public Apology
7.0Aired 8 September 2017 • 42 min
After his girlfriend is found murdered, a man insists he was coerced into confessing. Years later, DNA evidence tells the truth.
4. Trial by Fire
7.0Aired 8 September 2017 • 42 min
A fire leads to tragedy, and the victim’s mother is accused of -- and confesses to -- murder. At trial, the defense presents an alternate theory.
5. 8th and H
7.0Aired 8 September 2017 • 42 min
Police interrogate supposed gang members about a brutal attack following an anonymous tip. Oddly, no one in the neighborhood ever heard of the gang.
6. The Labor Day Murders
7.0Aired 8 September 2017 • 42 min
Following a double murder, circumstantial evidence points to the victim's nephew, who endures a marathon interrogation without a lawyer.
7. Down River
7.0Aired 8 September 2017 • 42 min
A man drives his four children into a river, where they drown. He wearily confesses to doing it purposefully, but later contends it was an accident.