Preview | Executed in Error
Preview: Season 8 Episode 3 | 30s
Airs Wednesday, June 26, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
In 1910, American doctor Hawley Crippen was convicted in England of poisoning and dismembering his wife. The vicious murder-and execution that followed made international headlines. It was a landmark case — the first trial by media, and the first to be dominated by forensic science. But did the prosecutors get it right?
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Preview | Executed in Error
Preview: Season 8 Episode 3 | 30s
In 1910, American doctor Hawley Crippen was convicted in England of poisoning and dismembering his wife. The vicious murder-and execution that followed made international headlines. It was a landmark case — the first trial by media, and the first to be dominated by forensic science. But did the prosecutors get it right?
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