How one woman juggles college, homelessness, and huge changes that are coming her way.

Parole in California changed in 2008, and lifers started to get released. But not Marvin Mutch. He needed help from the attorney behind that change, the prosecutor who convicted him and Cassie Riley's family.

Parole in California changed in 2008, and lifers started to get released. But not Marvin Mutch. He needed help from the attorney behind that change, the prosecutor who convicted him and Cassie Riley's family.

The 1997 arrest of a couple later sentenced to death for a string of abductions, sexual assaults and one murder leads to an alternate theory about Cassie Riley's killer.

The 1997 arrest of a couple later sentenced to death for a string of abductions, sexual assaults and one murder leads to an alternate theory about Cassie Riley's killer.

Marvin Mutch was 19 years old when he went to prison in 1975, just before a punitive 'tough-on-crime' climate began to spread from California to the rest of the country.

Marvin Mutch was 19 years old when he went to prison in 1975, just before a punitive 'tough-on-crime' climate began to spread from California to the rest of the country.

Headed for trial in early 1975, Marvin Mutch was confident he'd be found not guilty for the murder of Cassie Riley. But neither he, nor his sister Valerie, knew the prosecution's plans for both of them.

Headed for trial in early 1975, Marvin Mutch was confident he'd be found not guilty for the murder of Cassie Riley. But neither he, nor his sister Valerie, knew the prosecution's plans for both of them.

In and out of foster care for most of their childhoods, Marvin Mutch and his sister Valerie grew to depend on themselves and each other. But a phone call put them both on a collision course with Cassie Riley's murder and the California criminal justice...