Life and Death Row is a BBC documentary television series telling the story of capital punishment through the eyes of young people whose lives have been shaped by it.

Episode 1, Execution, aired on 17 March 2014 on BBC Three, looks at two of the youngest men on death row in Texas.

Episode 2, Judgement, follows the trial of the Glynn County mass murder where Guy Heinze, Jr. was accused of murdering his entire family of 8 in their trailer park home in Georgia.

Episode 3, Crisis Stage, the last of Series 1, follows a law student fighting for the lives of two of the youngest killers facing execution.

The BBC aired the second series of Life and Death Row on BBC Three starting on 15 February 2016, the final day before the BBC moved the channel to an online format only.

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