Plot Synopsis

Executive produced by Dick Wolf and Kelly Siegler, each one-hour episode of PROSECUTING EVIL WITH KELLY SIEGLER examines one the most harrowing homicides and toughest trials in Texas history -- all told with Kelly's unique insight and unparalleled access. As Chief of Special Crimes in the busiest courthouse in the Lone Star state, Kelly battled to get killers into courtrooms and faced off with their formidable defense attorneys. Alongside the case investigators and victims' families, Kelly draws on her own extensive experience, the prowess of her fellow state prosecutors and the expertise of skillful defense attorneys to go beyond the headlines and reveal how perpetrators were brought to justice: Texas style. In the series opener, "Theater of Law," Kelly uses controversial tactics to demonstrate to a jury how a suburban mom could have planned, tortured, killed and buried her husband, Jeffrey Wright, in their backyard.