Life and Death Row
Series 5
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Network: BBC Three, BBC Two
Season aired: 2025-01-21
Seasons
Overview
How do you live with a death sentence? Real stories from the prisoners facing their final days - and the victims' families desperate for closure.
About This Season
Capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it.
Episodes · 3
True Conviction
Charting the final days approaching the scheduled execution of Ivan Cantu. Convicted in 2001 for a double murder in Dallas, he has protested his innocence for over 20 years.
Cop Killer
The sentencing trial of former marine Patrick McDowell for the murder of deputy sheriff Joshua Moyers and the impact on those in the case fighting to secure his death, or avoid it.
Murder on the Ranch
After 20 years on death row, convicted murderer Ramiro Gonzales is scheduled for execution in June 2024. While one family hopes for a stay of execution, another longs for justice.
