Taking the Stand - Season 4

1. Richard Acosta

Aired: 5/28/2025

Richard Acosta, Jr. is being tried for murder, accused of being the getaway driver for his son.

2. Hannah Payne

Aired: 6/4/2025

Hannah Payne is on trial for the murder of Kenneth Herring, a motorist who fled an accident.

3. Darrin Lopez

Aired: 6/11/2025

Investigators discover there's much more to a shooting than a simple love triangle gone wrong.

4. Lori Phillips

Aired: 6/18/2025

A year after discovering her husband's frozen body in the driveway, Lori Phillips faces charges for his death; facing up to 25 years in prison, Lori has decided to testify, hoping to persuade the jury that she was fleeing from an abusive man.

5. Charlie Adelson

Aired: 6/25/2025

Charlie Adelson stands accused of hiring two hitmen to murder his ex-brother-in-law, Dan Markel, in order to free his sister from a nasty child custody dispute; according to Adelson, he's also a victim, claiming the hitmen extorted him.

6. Sasha Skare

Aired: 7/2/2025

Sasha Skare, 23, is on trial for the murder of her music producer and lover Martell DeRouen. She has turned down a plea deal and decided to take the stand to tell her side of the story--that she was abused, and the shooting was unintentional.

7. Steven Jones

Aired: 7/9/2025

After being sucker punched during a campus gathering, Northern Arizona University freshman Steven Jones shoots four fellow students, injuring three and killing one.

8. Richard Merritt

Aired: 7/16/2025

After 8 months on the run, disgraced personal-injury attorney Richard Merritt faces trial for the brutal murder of his 77-year-old mother, Shirley.

9. Steve Pankey

Aired: 7/18/2025

35 years after 12-year-old Jonelle Matthews disappeared from her home in Greeley, CO, her remains are recovered. Investigators charge former Idaho Gubernatorial candidate Steve Pankey with murder.

10. Demarcus Little

Aired: 7/25/2025

Active-duty Army Sergeant Demarcus Little is on trial for the murder of his ex-girlfriend Anitra Gunn.

11. Mauricio Guerrero

Aired: 8/1/2025