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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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    Live to Tell: One Last Hug
    Kristen's Secret
    Defending DJ
    Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth
    The Stranger Beside Me
    Dear Savanna
    Thou Shalt Not Kill
    Loved to Death

  • The survivor of a serial killer's spree tells her story.
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  • A young woman is found shot in her car on the side of a road with her ex-boyfriend bloodied and disoriented nearby; the boyfriend claims he can't remember what happened.
  • Live to Tell: One Last Hug

    A woman is stabbed 32 times by her former boyfriend after agreeing to a final goodbye hug.
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  • Kristen's Secret

    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.
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  • Defending DJ

    Parents fight to restore their son's reputation after he is shot dead by a police officer in New York in 2010.
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  • Lamar Johnson: Standing in Truth

    Lamar Johnson, exonerated after nearly three decades in prison for a murder he says he didn't commit, talks about his fight to prove his innocence; Greg Elking, whose testimony helped convict Johnson, explains why he lied at the trial.
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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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