Season 1

I AM A KILLERSeason 1

2018
10 Episodes

Episodes

Means to an End
S01E01
7.3

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.

29 May 201851m
Killer in the Eyes of the Law
S01E02
6.8

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.

05 Jun 201852m
The Mockingbird
S01E03
7.8

The Mockingbird

Raised in an environment of drug addiction and crime, teenager Justin Dickens commits murder but disputes the prosecutor's version of events.

12 Jun 201852m
Sympathy for the Devil
S01E04
7.5

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.

19 Jun 201853m
Intended Evil
S01E05
6.6

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.

26 Jun 201851m
Declared Competent
S01E06
7.8

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.

03 Jul 201852m
Family Affair
S01E07
6.8

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.

10 Jul 201851m
Hunted
S01E08
7.0

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.

17 Jul 201850m
Living with the Consequences
S01E09
7.8

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.

24 Jul 201851m
A Matter of Life and Death
S01E10
7.0

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.

31 Jul 201850m