Episode
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: Compulsion
Overview
A serial killer strikes again, and the CSI team tries new technology using evidence from a prior killing. They find a fingerprint belonging to Jesse Acheson, who becomes the prime suspect. A boy confesses to the killing of his brother, but evidence suggests that he may not have committed the crime.
Details
- Series
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 17
- Air date
- 2005-03-10
- Runtime
- 44 min
Episode context
Compulsion is Episode 17 in Season 5 of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. It aired on 2005-03-10. The runtime is 44 min.
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