Hosted by Bill Kurtis, American Justice looks at groundbreaking criminal cases, presenting viewers with an inside look at the case through the eyes of those directly involved, ranging from law enforcement officers to the victims.
American Justice (Season 3)
Mass Murder: An American Tragedy (Episode 1)
Air date: 1994-01-05
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.
The Hostage Takers (Episode 2)
Air date: 1994-01-12
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.
The Wrong Man (Episode 3)
Air date: 1994-01-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.
Great Heists (Episode 4)
Air date: 1994-01-26
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8
Fugitives (Episode 5)
Air date: 1994-02-02
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: How the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.
Death Penalty (Episode 6)
Air date: 1994-02-09
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.
Juvenile Justice (Episode 7)
Air date: 1994-02-23
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.
Mob Rats (Episode 8)
Air date: 1994-03-02
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Joseph Valachi and Peter Maas are featured in this look at mobsters who turn against fellow criminals and help law enforcement agencies convict them.
War Crimes (Episode 9)
Air date: 1994-03-30
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.
Satan, Rituals and Abuse (Episode 10)
Air date: 1994-04-06
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Cases of psychological manipulation.
Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence (Episode 11)
Air date: 1994-04-13
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Increasing violence in society; battered women.
Prison Justice (Episode 12)
Air date: 1994-04-20
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.
Pleading Insane (Episode 13)
Air date: 1994-05-04
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.
Cops on Trial (Episode 14)
Air date: 1994-05-18
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.
Fighting Words: The First Amendment (Episode 15)
Air date: 1994-06-01
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.
Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God (Episode 16)
Air date: 1994-06-15
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Con artists who use religion for gain.
The Great Brink's Heist (Episode 17)
Air date: 1994-07-06
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: In one of the most daring robberies in history, the 1950 Brink's robbery netted thieves more than $2.7 million.
Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege (Episode 18)
Air date: 1994-07-13
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.
Attack at Waco (Episode 19)
Air date: 1994-08-03
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
Sex, Lies and Harassment (Episode 20)
Air date: 1994-08-17
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.
Gangbusters (Episode 21)
Air date: 1994-09-07
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.
The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars (Episode 22)
Air date: 1994-09-14
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.
Private Eyes (Episode 23)
Air date: 1994-09-21
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.
Prostitution: Sex and the Law (Episode 24)
Air date: 1994-10-19
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Profiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.
The Sting (Episode 25)
Air date: 1994-11-23
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.
Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (Episode 26)
Air date: 1994-11-30
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.
Divorce Wars (Episode 27)
Air date: 1994-12-14
Runtime: 43 min
Overview: An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.
Seasons
Episodes 6
Episodes 27
Episodes 27
Episodes 23
Episodes 34
Episodes 17
Episodes 3
Episodes 7
Episodes 11
Episodes 3
Episodes 3
Episodes 6
Episodes 11
Episodes 8
Episodes 14
Episodes 9