Episode 1
Means to an End
After years in solitary confinement, James Robertson admits to murdering his new cellmate as an escape to the better conditions on death row.
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TV series
I AM A KILLER
2018TV-MA6 seasons6.8 / 10
Ten killers. One last chance to be heard.
Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.
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Synopsis
Death row inmates convicted of capital murder give a firsthand account of their crimes in this documentary series.
Season 1 episodes
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Episode 2
Killer in the Eyes of the Law
Kenneth Foster's death sentence is commuted just hours before his execution, but he asserts that his punishment under an unusual Texas law is unfair.
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Episode 3
The Mockingbird
Raised in an environment of drug addiction and crime, teenager Justin Dickens commits murder but disputes the prosecutor's version of events.
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Episode 4
Sympathy for the Devil
Sentenced for a triple murder linked by police to Satanism, Miguel Angel Martinez becomes the youngest person ever on death row in Texas.
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Episode 5
Intended Evil
After shooting his ex-girlfriend and her new lover, Charles Thompson is charged with manslaughter -- until his ex dies due to a hospital error.
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Episode 6
Declared Competent
No one -- including David Lewis himself -- disputes that he committed murder. But Lewis's mental fitness remains in doubt despite his death sentence.
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Episode 7
Family Affair
High on a drug that fuels his paranoia, Deandra Buchanan fatally shoots his aunt, stepfather and girlfriend -- a crime he claims he can't recall.
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Episode 8
Hunted
Robert Shafer and a friend target a same-sex couple in a robbery, but their crime spins out of control into kidnapping and double murder.
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Episode 9
Living with the Consequences
Teenage drug abuser Joshua Nelson murders a friend in cold blood to steal his car, but other shocking motivations for the crime emerge at his trial.
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Episode 10
A Matter of Life and Death
Convicted murderer Wayne Doty admits his guilt but requests that his execution be carried out by electric chair, a method no longer used in Florida.
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More about I AM A KILLER
Cast
Lindsay HaugenSelf
Mark ArthurSelf
Brandon HutchinsonSelf
Leo LittleSelf
Linda Lee CouchSelf
Joseph MurphySelf
Cavona FlenoySelf
David BarnettSelf
Production details
- Status
- Returning Series
- Series type
- Documentary
- Episodes
- 44
- Original language
- English
Networks & production
Netflix
Crime + InvestigationUnited Kingdom
Sky Vision ProductionsUnited Kingdom
Transistor FilmsUnited Kingdom
Znak & Co.United Kingdom
Themes
darkdocumentarykillerprovocativetrue crime
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