S5.E2 ∙ Pretty Poison

21 August 1974. In Marseille, two Belgian tourists, Nicole and Malia, are savagely attacked and raped by three men. Their attackers claim that the women consented and are allowed to remain free. Though their friends and family advise them to forget the ordeal, Nicole and Malia instead decide to fight. Helped by their lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, they request that the attackers be judged at the assize court. On 8 May 1978, after a long battle, they finally obtain justice. A trial which made history as until then rape had been considered simply as a misdemeanor, whereas now it became a crime.

In June 2016, a loving family was found shot to death at their suburban home in Northern New Jersey, and discovered by father and husband Josiah Wisper - a brash businessman who owned bars, restaurants and real estate in Harlem, New York.

A man who has had a vasectomy kills a young mother and steals her 3 month old baby, to please his married wife who yearns to raise a family.

A police detective (Scott Bakula) opposes the death penalty for a hit man suspect in the murder of another police officer and becomes an outcast in danger due to a mob contract on his head in 1968 New York.

Drawing on eye-witness testimonies and unique access to West Yorkshire Police's investigation to tell the story of the brutal attack by a right-wing extremist that ended the life of the British parliamentarian.

In April 1991, with big hopes of providing a better life for her family, 17 year old Maricris Sioson arrives in Japan to work as a club entertainer. After 4 months of work, she is admitted into a hospital in Fukushima. Her family is told she had hepatitis, but when they open her coffin they find that she has been beaten and stabbed to death. Human rights activist Cynthia Gallardo is determined to unravel the truth behind Maricris' death. Based on a true story.