American Justice

An uncle and niece are found strangled in their home. As detectives hunt down their main suspect, the lead prosecutor Janeen Kirch has to decide if the crime is severe enough to deserve the ultimate punishment of death.

Homicide detectives find three gunmen have fired more than fifty rounds at a group of ten people including a baby, leaving one woman in a critical condition. Despite numerous witnesses nobody will talk to the police for fear of retribution.

The courts face their toughest test, how to deal with children who kill. When he was twelve years old, Sharron Townsend was arrested for shooting a homeless man in the head. Now fourteen, he is facing justice.