American Justice

Season 3

1994 · 27 episodes · 19h 21m in all

Episodes

1. 1

   1. Mass Murder: An American Tragedy

   5 Jan 1994 · 43 min

   Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.

2. 2

   2. The Hostage Takers

   12 Jan 1994 · 43 min

   Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.

3. 3

   3. The Wrong Man

   19 Jan 1994 · 43 min

   Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.

4. 4

   4. Great Heists

   26 Jan 1994 · 43 min

   In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8

5. 5

   5. Fugitives

   2 Feb 1994 · 43 min

   How the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.

6. 6

   6. Death Penalty

   9 Feb 1994 · 43 min

   Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.

7. 7

   7. Juvenile Justice

   23 Feb 1994 · 43 min

   Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.

8. 8

   8. Mob Rats

   2 Mar 1994 · 43 min

   Joseph Valachi and Peter Maas are featured in this look at mobsters who turn against fellow criminals and help law enforcement agencies convict them.

9. 10

   10. War Crimes

   30 Mar 1994 · 43 min

   Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.

10. 11

    11. Satan, Rituals and Abuse

    6 Apr 1994 · 43 min

    Cases of psychological manipulation.

11. 12

    12. Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence

    13 Apr 1994 · 43 min

    Increasing violence in society; battered women.

12. 13

    13. Prison Justice

    20 Apr 1994 · 43 min

    Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.

13. 14

    14. Pleading Insane

    4 May 1994 · 43 min

    John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.

14. 15

    15. Cops on Trial

    18 May 1994 · 43 min

    Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.

15. 16

    16. Fighting Words: The First Amendment

    1 Jun 1994 · 43 min

    The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.

16. 17

    17. Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God

    15 Jun 1994 · 43 min

    Con artists who use religion for gain.

17. 18

    18. The Great Brink's Heist

    6 Jul 1994 · 43 min

    In one of the most daring robberies in history, the 1950 Brink's robbery netted thieves more than $2.7 million.

18. 19

    19. Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege

    13 Jul 1994 · 43 min

    Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.

19. 20

    20. Attack at Waco

    3 Aug 1994 · 43 min

    How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

20. 21

    21. Sex, Lies and Harassment

    17 Aug 1994 · 43 min

    The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.

21. 22

    22. Gangbusters

    7 Sept 1994 · 43 min

    New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.

22. 23

    23. The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars

    14 Sept 1994 · 43 min

    Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.

23. 24

    24. Private Eyes

    21 Sept 1994 · 43 min

    Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.

24. 25

    25. Prostitution: Sex and the Law

    19 Oct 1994 · 43 min

    Profiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.

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    26. The Sting

    23 Nov 1994 · 43 min

    Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.

26. 27

    27. Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

    30 Nov 1994 · 43 min

    Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.

27. 28

    28. Divorce Wars

    14 Dec 1994 · 43 min

    An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.