Power, Privilege & Justice

- Season 7

(2007)

Stepson, Ed "Hap" Tovrea is accused of involvement in the 1988 murder of heiress Jean Tovrea, the widow of Arizona businessman Ed Tovrea, by James "Butch" Harrod.

Stranger than fiction is the expose wrought when Biloxi, Mississippi investigators look into the 1987 murder of Circuit Court Judge Vincent Sherry and his wife, Margaret, a former politician, It begins a massive years-long investigation into what comes to be know as the "Dixie Mafia". And if an underground criminal network of a million-dollar phone scam run by Angola prisoners isn't shocking enough, their murder was reported to be a contract hit.

Candy Mossler and Mel Powers go on trial for the murder of her husband, Jacques Mossler.

Lake Tahoe investigators spent two and and a half years building a case of premeditated murder against wealthy Peter Bergna, claiming he staged the accident that left his wife, Rinette Riella-Bergna dead at the scene. Their truck had broken through the guard rail and catapulted down a mountainside with Peter supposedly at the wheel. Peter is in fine shape for such a horrific accident as the grieving husband claiming it was just a tragic and unfortunate accident that took the life of his dear wife.

Perry March goes on trial for the murder of his wife, Janet March.

A compelling telling of the brutal and savage knife attack on the wealthy Fort Worth couple that left socialite wife Caren Courtney Koslow dead in her bed and a seriously injured Jack alive to call 911. Initially investigators focused on Jack himself until they received a tip on Jack's adopted daughter, Kristi from a prior marriage. Could it be true that a pretty and popular Kristi would not only hire, but plan the viciousness of the attack for her boyfriend and an accomplice to perpetrate. Further, that each of them was to be paid one million dollars out of the ...

In 2002, the peaceful town of Truro, Massachusetts, with a population of about 2,000 people in the off-season, hadn't had a murder case for 30 years. The rape and murder of Crista Worthington, a prominent fashion writer and single mom who had settled there from Paris and New York had all the makings of a high-profile murder case which was expected to be solved quickly. They were shocked to find this a baffling case which took about 4 years of extensive investigation to solve and with a surprising suspect.