Episode
Cold Case: Death Penalty: Final Appeal
Overview
The 1994 case of a raped and murdered 16-year-old girl is re-opened when Det. Jeffries gets a call from a prisoner on death-row -- scheduled to be executed in just three days.
Details
- Series
- Cold Case
- Season
- Season 3
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2006-04-16
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Death Penalty: Final Appeal is Episode 20 in Season 3 of Cold Case. It aired on 2006-04-16. The runtime is 45 min.
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