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When Charlie Manson and members of his family were given the death penalty for the Helter Skelter murders, people thought their reign of terror was over; then California overturned the death penalty, making parole an option.

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Judgment Of Charles Manson With Ashleigh Banfield

Mark Dippolito couldn't believe it when the police told him his new bride Dalia had hired a hitman to have him killed; he was even more surprised when she claimed in court that it was his idea.

Judgment Of Dalia Dippolito With Ashleigh Banfield

As shocking as the brutal double murder committed by vampire obsessed teenager Rod Ferrell was - nobody expected him to plead guilty at the start of his trial, leaving just the monumental question of how young is too young for the death penalty?

Judgment Of The Vampire Clan With Ashleigh Banfield

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Emotions ran high in the days following the Nov. 11, 2001 attack on the U.S.; for the most part, the grief and anger brought people together but for Frank Roque, it was a motivation for killing an innocent immigrant chasing the American dream.

Arizona v. Roque

Just weeks after a jury found four LAPD officers innocent of brutally beating Rodney King, the LAPD was once again put in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons.

California v. Iversen

It takes a lot of planning and skill to pull off an armored car heist in broad daylight outside a mall on one of the busiest shopping days of the year; Timothy Ring and his crew pulled it off, but never planned on how to get away with it.

Arizona v. Ring

For the four LAPD cops who beat Rodney King with batons, it may have been business as usual; but then the world learned that it had been captured on video, and those 81 seconds changed everything.

California v. Powell

Cynthia Sommer's world was turned upside down when her 23-year-old husband Todd died; nearly five years later she was under arrest and accused of poisoning him.

California v. Sommer

Mark Sievers thought he had arranged the perfect murder when he hired a childhood friend and another man to murder his wife, Dr. Teresa Sievers; his best laid plan started falling apart when someone he trusted the most turned on him.

Florida v. Sievers

The discovery of Travis Alexander's body, stabbed, slit and shot in the neck, shocked his friends and family; Arizona police charge his girlfriend Jodi Arias with his murder.

Arizona v. Arias

The mystery surrounding the death of Caylee Anthony grips the nation; the only thing more shocking than the testimony is the verdict itself.

Florida v. Anthony

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