Facing Evil

Electrician Larry Swearingen is found guilty of the murder of 19 year-old college student Melissa Trotter and now sits on death row. Is an innocent man going to die - while the real killer remains free? Or is it a case of forensic evidence gone wrong?

Britney Gulley and Jeremisha Adams (both 19 at the time) are responsible for a string of shootings and robberies that left two people dead and a third blind in both eyes.

In 1989, Charles Dean Hood was working for wealthy businessman Ronald Williamson. He also lived in Williamson's home with him and his girlfriend Tracie Lynn Wallace. All was well, until a gruesome double murder changed everything.

Ernesto Ivan Martinez, 21, had been living with 59-year-old Barry Horn and they are believed to have been lovers until a falling out. Horn was found brutally stabbed to death at his home. Martinez was eventually sentenced to life in prison for murder.

Sylvilla Humphrey shot her friend, Ercell Minix in the neck, at the beauty salon where she worked. The victim's son, 5 at the time, is now NBA star Kendrick Perkins. He was raised by his grandparents.

It took police 10 years to unravel a convoluted murder-for-hire plot involving three junkies and a callous hit man, who all fingered Ronald Samuels as the mastermind to his ex-wife's murder. He was sentenced to life in prison.

Kimberly Parker is convicted of masterminding the July 2000 kidnapping and murder of her estranged husband, Elihue Parker. She was sentenced to 99 years for aggravated kidnapping. She admits guilt but wasn't there when the trigger was pulled.

When Danny Pelosi starts having an affair with socialite Generosa Ammon he thinks he's won the lottery. Months later Generosa's husband Ted turns up dead. Danny is found guilty but says someone else did it. Now, he's ready to tell Candice the truth.

Tyra Whitney killed her daughter Tashira's boyfriend, LeMarcus Bell,with a hammer. LeMarcus died from his injuries shortly thereafter, and the State charged Tyra with murder.

Laurie Kellogg was just a teenager when she moved in with a man twice her age, Bruce Kellogg. After 11 years of marriage she snapped. She convinced four teenagers from her neighborhood to kill Bruce. Did Laurie really mastermind the entire murder?#RealPeopleRealStories