Partnerships between police and the popular reality show, once enthusiastic and mutually beneficial, have often turned into breakups. Here’s how that has played out in three cities.

This week on the midseason premiere of "The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes," detectives revisit three archived cases ...

Edgar Barrientos-Quintana spent 16 years behind bars wrongly convicted for a shooting featured on “The First 48.” The Minnesota attorney general’s office effectively alleged that the show shaped the ...

Hosted by detectives from “The First 48,” A&E’s, “The First 48 Presents Critical Minutes,” revisits memorable moments from throughout the series. Episodes use a common theme to cover ...

A reality TV show helped convict an innocent man. ProPublica investigates "The First 48" and its impact on criminal investigations.

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“It’s on TV. I mean, that’s problematic.” Barrientos-Quintana’s exoneration may be the first in the country related to the “The First 48,” but it is not the first time the program ...