USA - CNN is going to death row with Robert Redford and Susan Sarandon

CNN is going to death row. The network announced today at the Television Critics Association winter press tour that it has ordered an 8-part documentary series about capital murder cases. Death Row Stories comes to CNN from executive producers Alex Gibney and Robert Redford, with Dead Man Walking actress and Oscar-winner Susan Sarandon on board to narrate. "We are thrilled to be able to collaborate with this award-winning team of filmmakers on such a powerful and thought-provoking series -- and to bring an extraordinary series from the Sundance Productions team to CNN," said CNN president Jeff Zucker. Each episode of Death Row Stories will explore a different case and address the divisiveness of the death penalty in the U.S. "This series is about the search for justice and truth," said Redford. "We are pleased to be working with Alex Gibney to tell these important stories and give a voice to these cases." Gibney is the Oscar-winning documentarian behind Taxi to the Dark Side as well as the recent Emmy-winner Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God.