American Justice

Season 3

Bill Kurtis hosts this documentary series that profiles criminal cases involving high profile murders, serial killers, and organized crime. Each episode culminating with the justice dispensed by the American legal system in each case.

Where to Watch American Justice • Season 3

25 Episodes

  • Mass Murder: An American Tragedy
    E1
    Mass Murder: An American TragedyCharles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.
  • Hostage Takers
    E2
    Hostage TakersExamining the psyche of "The Hostage Takers." Included: a segment on the hijacking of the cruise ship Achille Lauro; comments from hostage negotiators. Also: the media's role in hostage situations.
  • The Wrong Man
    E3
    The Wrong ManProfiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.
  • Great Brinks Heist
    E4
    Great Brinks HeistThe 1950 "Great Brinks Heist" in Boston, a $2.7 million robbery that "caught the fancy of the American public" and the attention of Hollywood filmmakers. Also: how law officials are coping with bank thefts in Los Angeles.
  • Fugitives
    E5
    FugitivesHow the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.
  • Death Penalty
    E6
    Death PenaltyCapital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.
  • Juvenile Justice
    E7
    Juvenile JusticeYouthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.
  • Mob Rats
    E8
    Mob RatsJoseph 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
    E9
    War CrimesNuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.
  • Satan, Rituals and Abuse
    E10
    Satan, Rituals and AbuseCases of psychological manipulation.
  • Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence
    E11
    Lorena Bobbitt: Women and ViolenceIncreasing violence in society; battered women.
  • Pleading Insane
    E12
    Pleading InsaneJohn Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.
  • Cops on Trial
    E13
    Cops on TrialFrank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.
  • Fighting Words: The First Amendment
    E14
    Fighting Words: The First AmendmentThe Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.
  • Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God
    E15
    Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of GodCon artists who use religion for gain.
  • Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege
    E16
    Reginald Denny: Jury Under SiegeMedia pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.
  • Attack at Waco
    E17
    Attack at WacoHow the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
  • Sex, Lies and Harassment
    E18
    Sex, Lies and HarassmentThe Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.
  • Gangbusters
    E19
    GangbustersNew York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.
  • The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars
    E20
    The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind BarsPrison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.
  • Private Eyes
    E21
    Private EyesPrivate investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.
  • Prostitution: Sex and the Law
    E22
    Prostitution: Sex and the LawProfiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.
  • The Sting
    E23
    The StingSting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.
  • Riots: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
    E24
    Riots: The Chicago Conspiracy TrialThe riots surrounding the 1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago, and the "chaotic" conspiracy trial that followed. "It was an episode of American justice gone mad," says series host Bill Kurtis. Interviewed: defendant Tom Hayden, prosecutor Tom Foran, defense lawyer William Kunstler and author John Schultz ("The Chicago Conspiracy Trial"), who notes: "The police bestialized the protesters and the protesters bestialized the police."
  • Divorce Wars
    E25
    Divorce WarsAn examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.

 

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