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‘What you’re up against’

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'What you're up against'

A first-time meeting between death row inmate John Thompson and his appellate lawyers yields mutual skepticism.

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HLN Original Series: 'Death Row Stories' 43 videos

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'What you're up against'

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Were girl's killers caught?

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After eight years on death row, a retrial

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His family was killed — and he stands accused

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He claims innocence, but ex says he confessed

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She was engaged when her body was found

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Was she raped, or having a secret affair?

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The defense said witnesses were intimated

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'He could not have given the confession'

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Friend defends convicted murderer

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Mom convicted of killing son wrongly accused?

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Mom writes letters from jail pleading for help

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Babysitter murdered in cold blood

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Convict maintains innocence for murder

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Victim's hand shields her from certain death

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Victim's description doesn't match killer

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House caught fire with murdered victims inside

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Suspect maintains innocence, gets helping hand

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Former executioner sees 'serial killer' in the mirror

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Execution takes two hours, 15 injections

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'It was clear to me that he was in pain'

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'Texans are hardwired to support the death penalty'

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After an execution, a witness recants

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Should a high schooler get the death penalty?

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A crime unfolds on video

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'He could see the bodies'

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Would he kill for a getaway car?

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What happens when evidence is destroyed?

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Is a drunk witness a reliable one?

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Saving his brother from death row

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'I'm listening for two words: Not guilty'

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'She had no one in that court room other than me'

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The necklace that saved her life

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'Nathan deserves to face his maker'

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Victim's father: 'He deserves to die'

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Perry Mason moment in death penalty case

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I did the crime...you're doin' the time

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'This can't be real'

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'Here I am going to death row'

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Breakthrough? A police notebook

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'It was a circus'

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Locked up and 'nobody cared'

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Suspect tells cop: 'I always get caught'

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