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Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi had only been roommates for few weeks when Ravi decided to secretly film Tyler kissing another man; soon after, Clementi took his own life and Ravi faced surprising criminal charges.

The murders of Voncile Smith and her sons John and Richard set Pensacola, Florida on edge; the courts try to decide if this was an occult ritual or something much more basic: greed.

As the saying goes, he who represents himself in court has a fool for a client. But in the case of Marc Benayer, who shot a man in his synagogue parking lot, was he a fool, or did his mental illness affect whether the jury would find him guilty?

As shocking as the brutal double murder committed by vampire obsessed teenaged Rod Ferrell was, nobody expected him to plead guilty at the start of his trial, leaving just the monumental question of how young is too young for the death penalty.

On Jan. 27, 2001, two beloved professors at Dartmouth College are brutally murdered in their home. Investigators suspect teenagers to be the perpetrators.

Investigation of the murder of three civil rights workers in 1964 Mississippi leads to the Ku Klux Klan.

Former prosecutor Julie Grant is joined by a team of top trial attorneys and forensic experts to cover the high-stakes trials that are on the docket, and the crime cases dominating the headlines.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Gavel-to-gavel coverage and legal analysis of the nation's most compelling trials.

Tyler Hadley discusses how he, as a troubled 17-year-old, bludgeoned his mother and father to death with a hammer.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Police say a mother implicated her son in a murder.

The most compelling legal stories of the day from Court TV's team of world class legal journalists.

Five years after the Las Vegas shooting massacre.

A man disappears amidst rumors of a local satanic killer; journalist Chad Nance takes up the case as police come up empty-handed.

Chad Nance investigates the background of a mentally-ill killer, while a punk rocker war veteran is forced to make a gut-wrenching decision.

Chad Nance looks beyond the headlines of the Pazuzu Algarad murders to find out if monsters are born or made.

Satanist Pazuzu Algarad escapes trial by taking matters into his own hands; journalist Chad Nace faces the reality that a member of his family is at risk.

Following a dramatic revelation in the Pazuzu Algarad case, journalist Chad Nance and those impacted by the crimes struggle to understand the story they tell.

An Egyptian immigrant opens fire at a Los Angeles International Airport ticket counter; bank robbers elude police across 15 states.

A car bomb kills a businessman outside an Arizona country club; a model's sexual con game ends in murder.

An adulterous affair leads to the deaths of both members' spouses; a tennis pro's life is built on lies, deceit and deadly consequences.

A California arsonist ignites a fire that kills five firefighters; a Texas mother will do anything to get her high school daughter a spot on the cheerleading squad.

Maurizio Gucci's scorned ex-wife hires a hit man to save a family fortune; when parents stand in the way of young love, a teen hatches a shocking plan.

The worst breach of U.S. intelligence in the history of the FBI; executives fix WorldCom's accounting numbers for their own gain, causing the giant company's collapse.

Successful lobbyist Jack Abramoff uses illegal tactics; the chairman of a major company is charged with accounting fraud worth $41 trillion.

A rogue broker's unauthorized speculative trading causes Barings Bank to collapse; Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong is accused of doping.

Pete Rose is banned from baseball; the governor of Illinois finds himself living behind bars.

When a young marriage ends in suicide, the victim's family presses police to order an autopsy.

A murderous spouse disposes of a dead body at sea after being confronted about an illicit affair; the body is never recovered.

Ex-policeman Christopher Dorner declares war on law enforcement officers and goes on a cop-killing spree.

New York's "Preppy Murder"; a union's benefits manager steals more than $40 million and leaves the retirees broke.

Vigilante Gavin Eugene Long targets Baton Rouge policemen in the line of duty.

Tyler Hadley discusses how he, as a troubled 17-year-old, bludgeoned his mother and father to death with a hammer.

A wealthy couple are targeted for death.

Secret pictures may reveal clues about a woman's killer.

Attorneys work to get a death row inmate who confessed to a crime he didn't commit out of prison.

Investigating the murder of hotel heir Benji Novack Jr.

Discussion with an important witness in a murder case against an Arizona stockbroker.

A cell phone video is evidence in a murder trial.

After keeping quiet for years about a teacher's abuse, a former middle-school athlete tries to get the woman to admit to her crimes.

A former beauty queen becomes a suspect in the death of a married father of two.

Iowa farmer Tom Lyon is excited when a nearby plot of land goes up for sale, but he isn't the only one. When Lyon's body is discovered at the bottom of a well, the trail of blood leads through that very land.

The people of Defiance, Iowa, find it strange when Scott Shanahan disappears, leaving his wife and kids, but Scott is always unpredictable and no one gives it much more thought.

When drug-addicted casino owner Ted Binion turns up dead in his mansion, the suspects are pure Vegas: an ex-stripper girlfriend, a contractor who knew where his silver was buried, and a mob boss who launders money through his casino.

In Rocky Mount, North Carolina, a mortician falls in love in his funeral parlor; while in Mustang, Oklahoma, a sexual obsession turns deadly.

In Lebanon, Maine, an estranged wife trying to start a new life can't escape her violent past; while in Vincennes, Indiana, a married engineer falls for the babysitter, but it leads to murder.

A husband carefully plans a murder; a love triangle leads to a deadly conspiracy.

Love and lust leads to murders in Atlanta and Colorado.

A church minister and a teacher fall for a student.

A pregnant wife is killed execution style; an EMT is intent on taking a life.

How the FBI used forensic evidence to confirm the presence of a suspect in the bedroom of 1993 kidnapping victim Polly Klaas.

The extreme efforts taken to convict highway patrolman George Gwaltney of rape and murder.

A serial killer calls and taunts a victim's family.

A domestic disturbance call helps police to nab a convicted bank robber.

Vincent "Chin" Gigante, the alleged Genovese crime boss, was brought to justice in spite of his eccentric behavior, such as roaming Greenwich Village in his pajamas and slippers.

A California bank robbery leaves few clues.

Two brothers force a bank president to empty his vault before abducting him and throwing him off a bridge.

While investigating a gas station mogul, agents uncover an operation stamped with mob brutality, kidnapping and retaliatory killings.

A woman was abducted after a successful night at the casino, and police discovered she had been targeted for her $5,000 winnings.

A man and his common-law wife go on a three-month killing spree that leaves eight people dead before they are apprehended by agents.

Cuban detainees in Atlanta revolt in response to their impending deportation.

Police search for the killers of a store clerk shot outside a bank.

The agency aids Florida investigators in the conviction of a drug dealer.

A nocturnal killer preys on senior citizens in 1997 Louisiana.

A gruesome video on a stolen SD card exposes Brian Steven Smith's secret double life; David Scott confronts this soft-spoken husband and serial killer about his nighttime hunts for vulnerable Alaskan women.

Tyler Hadley discusses how he, as a troubled 17-year-old, bludgeoned his mother and father to death with a hammer.

A young woman is snatched from her home on a bright spring morning.

A sting operation puts an end to the mob-related corruption in a quiet community outside Chicago called Willow Springs.

When an officer dies in the line of duty, the fraternity of law enforcement bands together to make sure that justice is brought to those responsible.

When a man arrives at the home of his mother, he realizes the car parked in front has a broken window. After he enters the house he finds the lifeless body of his mother.

Mark Dippolito couldn't believe it when the police told him his new bride Dalia had hired a hitman to have him killed; he was even more surprised when she claimed in court that it was his idea.

Cynthia Sommer's world was turned upside down when her 23-year-old husband Todd died; nearly five years later she was under arrest and accused of poisoning him.

Australian Paul Denyer, 20, says he has received "the sign" to start carrying out violent attacks on women.

The murderer of more than 50 African-American women is finally caught, brazenly pushing his latest victim in a shopping cart in broad daylight.

A killer bursts into a Honolulu conference room and leaves behind seven dead, spreading panic throughout the island.