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It's a tense situation as Sergeant Paul Hamilton and his squad get caught up in a high-speed car chase to bring down a suspected auto theft ring. Later that day, Paul's squad joins Sergeant Chip Huth's squad to double their efforts for a simultaneous hit on a two houses. At the end of the week, things heat up when competing sergeants Chip and Paul square off in a BBQ competition to find out who is top chef.

Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois is only weeks away from retirement, but he's making it his mission to take down a major copper theft ring that's been terrorizing his parish. After Detective Lt. Terry Daigre interrogates a copper thief suspect from a previous arrest, the suspect gives up vital information that the ringleader and two cohorts from the theft ring are planning to steal copper from a huge warehouse down the bayou. The department springs into action trying to prepare for the bust. Also, Deputy Melissa "Catfish" Quintal tries to sort out a strange case of theft of an expensive "privy bottle". Catfish is shocked and somewhat disgusted to find out that privy bottles are found at the base of old outhouse holes. And Lt. Peter Guidry and Sgt. Dudley "DJ" Authement investigate a case of shots fired in the middle of the swamps in the dead of night.

Sheriff Vernon Bourgeois' time as sheriff is finally coming to an end, but he won't be satisfied retiring until he catches the leader of a very elusive copper theft ring. They had the main suspect in their grasps, but the previous bust didn't yield the results they had hoped, and Bourgeois is more determined than ever to nab him. Deputy Melissa "Catfish" Quintal turns a disappointing birthday dinner with her gator man into an exciting gator hunting adventure in the swamps, and in the creepiest call yet, a man captures a creature in his barn that he is convinced is the elusive swamp creature, the "rougarou".

The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff's Office has to be ready for anything. In this episode, Deputy Storm Fitch heads to the docks to meet with a shrimper who believes he's caught a human bone in his shrimp net. Could a murderer be dumping bodies in the swamp? Jacob "Funkie Nuts" Fonseca must break up an explosive battle between a volatile Cajun and his nephew over his crab traps. And water patrol deputies investigate a report of a strange ball of light following a shrimper's troll boat. Could this be the legendary "Fifolet?"

In Terrebonne Parish, shrimping season is about to get underway as fishermen are getting their trawl boats ready and stretching out their nets. Deputy Paul "Highlights" Thibodeaux and Deputy LeAnn Fitch are dispatched to an alarm call at a warehouse in Shrimper s Row, and they find that several expensive shrimp nets have been stolen. A tip leads them to a suspect, but when Deputy Thibodeaux realizes the suspect s nephew is the real culprit, the nephew bolts and disappears in the murky waters of the bayou. After hours of searching, it s getting dark and the boy still can t be located. Could he have possibly pulled off an unbelievable swamp escape? Also, Deputy Keith Bergeron helps a woman who believes she and her mother were scammed by a fraudulent faith healer, or what the Cajuns call a "treateur."

The Florida State Prison at Raiford was built on 18,000 acres of farmland in 1913. The original maximum-security housing unit, nicknamed "The Rock", gave the prison its notorious reputation. At the height of its infamy, it was the scene of stabbings, beatings, and even a decapitation. It was also severely overcrowded and torn down by court order in 1999. But Raiford is still home to Florida's death row, where more than 300 men await execution by electrocution.

State Prison, Parchman, Mississippi...a land without visible boundaries. Originally a slave plantation ruled by the whip, today its most important crop is neither food nor cotton, but prisoners. And 75 percent of them are African American. During its long history, Parchman has embodied the traditions and folk wisdom of the American South in a way no other prison ever has. Though its legacy includes brutal executions in the gas chamber, it also holds out conjugal visits for the best-behaved convicts.

Suspects and female officers in this episode shed plenty of tears. First, Officer Stacy Malec stops a young girl for speeding who tries to use tears to get out of a ticket. Betsy is reduced to tears during the emotional escort of an Iraq War veteran who has returned home. And, Officer Tracy Nance goes head-to-head in a Tae Kwon Do martial arts competition that brings her to tears after she loses to a much younger opponent.

The ladies of Naperville PD show just how tough they are as they combat out of control suspects including a kid who tries to charge one of the officers and a mother with a violent daughter seeking advice.

A look at the controversial case of North Carolina author Michael Peterson, convicted of murdering his wife, a high powered business executive. At the trial, the prosecution showed that Peterson stood to collect a large amount of life insurance if his wife died. But the defense claimed that the police were seeking revenge against Peterson for articles he had written critical of them in the local paper.

A look at how the justice system handled the unique case of Dr. L. Stan Naramore, who was convicted of attempting to murder a 78-year-old terminally ill woman and of killing an 81-year-old farmer. But "tough Irish" defense attorney Kurt Kerns, who "bawled like a baby" and threw up when Naramore was convicted, later persuaded the Kansas Board of Appeals to issue a highly unusual ruling. Includes interviews with Naramore and Kerns.

Someone went to a lot of trouble to kill Nikki Bamberg. Her ex-husband, Damon, and his mother, Sonya, are the prime suspects. But they would never kill Nikki in front of her young children...or would they?

Alberto Macias loves his wife Laura and his five children and is doing his very best to provide for them during hard times. Then he is found murdered, with two bullet holes in his head. Who would want Alberto dead? More than one family member is about to flunk their polygraph test.

Darlene George and her 13-year-old son are the victims of a random home invasion robbery. But when police arrive, Darlene s husband, Winston George is found in the basement, hog-tied and strangled. No doubt, this was more than a robbery...and it wasn t random either. Next, after years of drug and alcohol abuse, Ralph Ludvik has turned his life around...that is until he meets Debra Aquilina and her son, Mark. Within months, Ralph has died of an accidental drug overdose. But was it really an accident?

In the face of inconclusive physical evidence, the character of the accused can sway a jury. When Brian Eftenoff stood trial for his wife's murder, jurors were presented contradictory claims about how she died. One of the few things they could hold onto was how they felt about Brian Eftenoff. Viewers get the chance to determine his guilt or innocence, based on his own words--in a police interrogation video, a taped conversation with a detective, and a phone interview Eftenoff granted our producers.

When a New Jersey woman is murdered on her wedding day by her ex-boyfriend, the case stirs a heated debate about the nature of crimes of passion.

The notorious case of Kenneth McDuff, the most infamous sexual predator in Texas history, who was sent to death row for three murders, released because of prison overcrowding, and then raped and killed two more women.

Suffering from loneliness while living off the land in the isolated Rocky Mountains, Dan and Don Nichols kidnap a local female tri-athlete and try to convince her to become Dan's wilderness bride. But after their plan takes a deadly turn, Sheriff Johnny France leads a five-month manhunt for the fugitives that ends on a snow-choked Montana mountainside.

Horning escapes from the Arizona State Prison and goes on the run, putting his military survival skills to the test. He calls himself a "freedom fighter," and locals call him "Rambo." But to Sheriff Joe Richards, who must hunt him down, Horning is just a dangerous fugitive. Horning goes to the one place he thinks he'll never be found--the Grand Canyon. Living off the land, he evades capture in the longest and largest manhunt in Arizona state history.

Josh and Rachel are in Florida looking into the case of the Daytona Beach Serial Killer. A chance encounter with the daughter of one of the victims propels them to investigate a string of leads including a former junkyard owner with a dark family secret and a notorious motorcycle gang with a motive to kill. Josh and Rachel discover an even greater horror, one that extends far beyond the beaches of Daytona and spreads through American highways.

In 2011 Maksim Gelman went on a brutal killing spree in New York City that left four people dead and four wounded. It began when he killed his stepfather by stabbing him 55 times, and ended 28 hours later in a bloody confrontation on the subway beneath Times Square. In between, Gelman hunted down those who had betrayed him, leaving a trail of dead and wounded across the city. Dubbed "Mad Maks" by the media, Gelman for the first time reveals the shocking logic behind his brutal crimes.

Benjamin Crump and his team investigate the theory that a known gang member, Orlando Anderson, is responsible for the murder of Tupac Shakur. The team looks into never before seen footage of Orlando, and examines his motive.

Squad Deputy Director Jerry Lester and Special Agent Richard Metcalfe investigate a major drug smuggling operation potentially connected to the Crips and abetted by a source outside the prison. A case that involves cocaine, morphine and a bizarre love triangle lead the Squad into the community for a dramatic street bust.

After an altercation inside the cellblock, an inmate collapses and dies from multiple stab wounds. Special agents John Fisher and Joe England collect forensic evidence, parse surveillance video and explore a possible connection to the deadly El Salvadoran gang MS-13. The case turns on the master interrogation skills of Special Agent in Charge Jason Woodall.