20 Years on Death Row: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

This true crime series tells the story of Keith Doolin. The long-distance truck driver, with no previous convictions, has spent 20 years on death row in San Francisco for the killing two women in 1995.

Doolin has always maintained his innocence after a botched trial during which his original attorney, who was later disbarred, gambled away the defence fund. A key witness in the trial, who was later convicted of murder, also revealed crucial information to her lawyer that further points to Doolin's innocence before committing suicide.

But with California voting to speed up the death penalty process in 2016, Doolin is now in a race against time.

20 Years on Death Row follows Doolin's case from start to finish, examining the victims, the police and legal players, as well as examine the man himself, who maintains his innocence to this day.

What really did happen 23 years ago?

Series details

• Title: 20 Years on Death Row
• Format: Documentary
• Language: English
• Genres: Crime
• Premiere date: 2018-04-19
• Final broadcast date listed: 2018-05-10
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Really
• Network country: United Kingdom
• Typical episode runtime: 60 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 35233
• TVDB ID: 346541

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2018-04-19; final listed air date 2018-05-10; episode order: 4.

Source and licence

Adapted from 20 Years on Death Row on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.