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48 Hours
48 Hours

48 Hours

—This newsmagazine investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening -- and resolution -- of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart. The program and its team have earned critical acclaim, including multiple Emmy, Peabody and Edward R. Murrow Awards.
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    Guilty Until Proven Innocent
    Perilous Journey
    Private Needham's War
    Son of Sam: The Killer Speaks
    The Mother I Wish I Knew
    Live to Tell: The Vendetta
    Murder in the Hamptons
    House of Secrets

  • The Jodi Arias conviction.

  • When a 26-year-old mother of two from Winona, Minn., goes missing, her distraught sister heads to TikTok to plead with the public to help find her.
  • Guilty Until Proven Innocent

    A new DNA test offers hope to two friends convicted of rape more than 20 years earlier.
    Upcoming
  • Perilous Journey

    The world of international adoptions.
    Upcoming
  • Private Needham's War

    A military veteran finds himself facing murder charges for beating his girlfriend to death; now, doctors suspect his traumatic brain injury and PTSD explain his behavior.
    Upcoming
  • Son of Sam: The Killer Speaks

    On the 40th anniversary of his arrest, David Berkowitz speaks out about what led him to kill, his life before becoming a serial killer, and his life in prison.
    Upcoming

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More about 48 Hours

This newsmagazine investigates intriguing crime and justice cases that touch on all aspects of the human experience. Over its long run, the show has helped exonerate wrongly convicted people, driven the reopening -- and resolution -- of cold cases, and changed numerous lives. CBS News correspondents offer an in-depth look into each story, with the emphasis on solving the mystery at its heart. The program and its team have earned critical acclaim, including multiple Emmy, Peabody and Edward R. Murrow Awards.

Starring

Erin Moriarty, Peter Van Sant, Natalie Morales, Jim Axelrod, David Begnaud, Jericka Duncan, Michelle Miller, Jonathan Vigliotti, Maureen Maher, Richard Schlesinger

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