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 (季节 3)
Mass Murder: An American Tragedy (集 1)
播出日期: 1994-01-05
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.
The Hostage Takers (集 2)
播出日期: 1994-01-12
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.
The Wrong Man (集 3)
播出日期: 1994-01-19
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.
Great Heists (集 4)
播出日期: 1994-01-26
运行时间: 43 min
概述: In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8
Fugitives (集 5)
播出日期: 1994-02-02
运行时间: 43 min
概述: 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 (集 6)
播出日期: 1994-02-09
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.
Juvenile Justice (集 7)
播出日期: 1994-02-23
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.
Mob Rats (集 8)
播出日期: 1994-03-02
运行时间: 43 min
概述: 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 (集 9)
播出日期: 1994-03-30
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.
Satan, Rituals and Abuse (集 10)
播出日期: 1994-04-06
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Cases of psychological manipulation.
Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence (集 11)
播出日期: 1994-04-13
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Increasing violence in society; battered women.
Prison Justice (集 12)
播出日期: 1994-04-20
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.
Pleading Insane (集 13)
播出日期: 1994-05-04
运行时间: 43 min
概述: John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.
Cops on Trial (集 14)
播出日期: 1994-05-18
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.
Fighting Words: The First Amendment (集 15)
播出日期: 1994-06-01
运行时间: 43 min
概述: The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.
Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God (集 16)
播出日期: 1994-06-15
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Con artists who use religion for gain.
The Great Brink's Heist (集 17)
播出日期: 1994-07-06
运行时间: 43 min
概述: 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 (集 18)
播出日期: 1994-07-13
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.
Attack at Waco (集 19)
播出日期: 1994-08-03
运行时间: 43 min
概述: How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
Sex, Lies and Harassment (集 20)
播出日期: 1994-08-17
运行时间: 43 min
概述: The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.
Gangbusters (集 21)
播出日期: 1994-09-07
运行时间: 43 min
概述: New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.
The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars (集 22)
播出日期: 1994-09-14
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.
Private Eyes (集 23)
播出日期: 1994-09-21
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.
Prostitution: Sex and the Law (集 24)
播出日期: 1994-10-19
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Profiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.
The Sting (集 25)
播出日期: 1994-11-23
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.
Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial (集 26)
播出日期: 1994-11-30
运行时间: 43 min
概述: Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.
Divorce Wars (集 27)
播出日期: 1994-12-14
运行时间: 43 min
概述: An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.
季
集 6
集 27
集 27
集 23
集 34
集 17
集 3
集 7
集 11
集 3
集 3
集 6
集 11
集 8
集 14
集 9