After The First 48 takes viewers through the dramatic period between arrest and conviction, from the investigation to the trial, the verdict, and beyond.
After a violent melee leaves two young men brutally gunned down, Mobile detectives have to track down multiple suspects to piece together what happened. But without an eyewitness, the prosecution must rely on the defendants themselves to reveal the truth.
When a vulnerable woman is shot to death, witnesses are hesitant to help Tulsa detectives clinch the case. At trial, the defense questions their reliability, and claims the prosecution has accused the wrong man.
In Tulsa, there's little evidence and no clear motive after a beloved 24-yr-old is gunned down in the backseat of a car. It's up to his friends to help detectives and prosecutors deliver justice, in a tragic case of mistaken identity.
In Atlanta, when a young father is gunned down, a rookie homicide detective draws from her own experience losing a family member to murder, to track down his killers.
After a beloved Mobile man is gunned down in his front yard, conflicting eyewitness accounts leave detectives wondering if the suspect might have acted in self-defense.
After an immigrant, lured by a woman, is beaten to death, Gwinnett County Police discover that one of the three suspects believes no one will care about him because he's Mexican.