After the First 48

After the First 48 is an American documentary television series on A&E. It is the companion series to The First 48. While the original series deals with the steps taken to discover, locate, and apprehend the person or persons involved in a homicide, After the First 48 continues by shedding light on the judicial aspects of the case including the verdict and sentencing from the trial along with behind the scenes interviews with detectives, prosecutors, defense attorneys and family members of the victim.

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5. Torched / Girl Fight

0.0May 10, 2012 · 40 min

In Miami, Detective Freddie Ponce arrests a man who tortured and killed his childhood friend. The case is strong–until an unexpected event in the first days of trial puts the whole thing in jeopardy. In Birmingham, a young mother is killed in front of her children. The killer is a young woman with no criminal history. Will this unlikely defendant win the jury’s sympathy–and a verdict of self-defense?