I Am a Killer

After years in solitary confinement, James Robertson admits to murdering his new cellmate as an escape to the better conditions on death row.

Raised in an environment of drug addiction and crime, teenager Justin Dickens commits murder but disputes the prosecutors version of events.

After shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Charles Thompson is charged with manslaughter -- until his ex dies due to a hospital error.

High on a drug that fuels his paranoia, Deandra Buchanan fatally shoots his aunt, stepfather and girlfriend -- a crime he claims he cant recall.

Teenage drug abuser Joshua Nelson murders a friend in cold blood to steal his car, but other shocking motivations for the crime emerge at his trial.

Why did 32-year-old Lindsay Haugen strangle and kill her 25-year-old lover Robert Mast in a Wal-Mart parking lot in Billings, Montana, on the 15th of September 2015? Revenge? Financial gain? Vicious compulsion? Mercy? Curiosity…? Well, it all depends on who you ask.

After slashing the throat of 72-year-old Ruth Predmore when he went to rob her home to pay for his sister’s medical bills, Joseph Murphy spent 24 years on death row before finally having his sentence commuted by the then Governor of Ohio, John Kasich a week ahead of his scheduled execution.

In 1996, David Barnett murdered his adoptive grandparents, stabbing them over 20 times with five different knives. His motivation for doing so remained a mystery until it was discovered that David Barnett claimed to have been subjected to years of physical and sexual abuse, not by his grandparents but by their son, his adoptive father, John Barnett.

Charles Armentrout attempted to murder his father, and successfully murdered his grandmother.

In 1984, alongside two female accomplices, Toby Lynn Williams robbed and kidnapped at gunpoint his former employer, Johnny Moore, his wife, Deborah, and six-month-old baby.

Subjected to abuse throughout her life, Victoria Smith confessed to killing her husband. But someone close to the case has doubts about her admission.

Daniel Paulsrud says his fatal shooting of partner Leslie was an accident. But accounts from her family — and his handwritten notes — raise doubts.

Accept a plea deal or go to trial? Three men receive radically different prison sentences for their roles in the fatal shooting of a cab driver.

A murderer recounts the crime that ended one life and ruined his own. Those affected, including a police officer and the victims family, also speak.

Years after leaving the military, Toby Gregory claims his service and PTSD caused him to murder his wife, Inez. But Inezs family believes otherwise.

Sentenced to life without parole for Jason Johnsons horrific murder, Gary Black says he has no regrets, while Jasons family finds purpose in tragedy.

By helping his fellow inmates, Jamel Hatcher feels hes turned his life around — but not everyone believes his rehabilitation is genuine.

Higinio Gonzalez killed a store clerk during an armed robbery at the age of 16. He swears it was an accident, but one county attorney isnt so sure.

Convicted for killing his grandmother, Rex Groves insists he no longer holds murderous thoughts towards his family. But their trust isnt easily won.

A botched drug deal is only the beginning when Candie Dominguez assists her boyfriend, Daniel Lopez, in his gruesome killing of her cousin.

Serving 20 years in prison for a bar brawl gone awry, Walter Triplett maintains that racial profiling played the biggest factor in his conviction.

Leroy Schmitz claims he didnt mean to kill his wife during a drunken argument, pleading that an abusive childhood predisposed him to violence.