He Was Falsely Convicted, Awarded Millio...

Tilly Smith, a 10-year-old British schoolgirl, saved approximately 100 people from the Indian Ocean tsunami while vacationing with her family at Mai Khao Beach in Phuket, Thailand. Two weeks prior, she had learned about tsunamis in her geography class, including the warning signs ... Show More

Sture Bergwall, formerly known as Thomas Quick, was a Swedish man who, in the 1990s, confessed to over 30 murders across Scandinavia, leading to his conviction for eight of them. These confessions were obtained during therapy sessions at a psychiatric institution, where he was tr ... Show More

Latarian Milton became an internet sensation at age 7 in 2008 after taking his grandmother’s Dodge Durango on a joyride through Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. During the escapade, he caused significant property damage, including hitting parked cars and mailboxes. When interviewed b ... Show More

Openings in the Florida murder trial of Ashley Benefield, who married her husband 13 days after meeting him. She's accused of shooting him to death four years later. In Massachusetts, protestors take to the streets again -- this time for a woman whose family says was groomed and ... Show More

Fred Tokars was, at best, an unlikely criminal. As a one-time prosecutor and defense attorney, Tokars had seen both sides of the process and what happens to those convicted of crimes. Yet Tokars was faced with exposure of exactly what he was (a felon with ongoing criminal enterpr ... Show More

Michael Hodgins became one of Ireland’s most notorious teenage criminals when he gunned down an innocent groundskeeper at Slane Castle in 1989.But 36 years on, Hodgins is again back before the courts after pleading guilty to money laundering after more than €322k in cash was seiz ... Show More

Former "Empire" actor Jussie Smollett is convicted of staging a hate crime attack against himself on a cold Chicago night.  Smollett was convicted on five disorderly conduct count and sentenced to 150 days. In reality, he spent only six days behind bars while maintaining his inno ... Show More

At 16 years old, Jeff was wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering a classmate. And after sixteen years in prison, he was finally exonerated. Rather than being dominated by victimhood that no one would have blamed him for, Jeff went to work fighting to free others who’ve been ... Show More

At 16 years old, Jeff was wrongfully convicted of raping and murdering a classmate. And after sixteen years in prison, he was finally exonerated. Rather than being dominated by victimhood that no one would have blamed him for, Jeff went to work fighting to free others who’ve been ... Show More

Peter Manfredonia was a University of Connecticut student who committed a series of violent crimes in May 2020 that led to a multi-state manhunt. On May 22 in Willington, Connecticut, he attacked two men with a machete, killing 62-year-old Ted DeMers and intensely injuring anothe ... Show More

A double murder trial in a small town in Indiana ends a seven-year saga. A four-count murder trial in Minnesota concludes a push for justice for a 26-year-old mother of two. Plus, Bryan Kohberger is back in court with his life on the line and Keith Morrison remembers a story he's ... Show More

Two of Donna Adelson's children testify this week for the prosecution. In Northern California, a missing woman's husband is indicted for her murder more than a year after she vanished -- and a year and a half after he was indicted on felony domestic violence charges for an allege ... Show More