Bill Kurtis
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Series SeasonSeason 3 episodes1994
American Justice
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Episode 143 min1994-01-05
Mass Murder: An American Tragedy
Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.
Episode 243 min1994-01-12
The Hostage Takers
Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.
Episode 343 min1994-01-19
The Wrong Man
Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.
Episode 443 min1994-01-26
Great Heists
In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8
Episode 543 min1994-02-02
Fugitives
How the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.
Episode 643 min1994-02-09
Death Penalty
Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.
Episode 743 min1994-02-23
Juvenile Justice
Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.
Episode 843 min1994-03-02
Mob Rats
Joseph Valachi and Peter Maas are featured in this look at mobsters who turn against fellow criminals and help law enforcement agencies convict them.
Episode 1043 min1994-03-30
War Crimes
Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.
Episode 1143 min1994-04-06
Satan, Rituals and Abuse
Cases of psychological manipulation.
Episode 1243 min1994-04-13
Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence
Increasing violence in society; battered women.
Episode 1343 min1994-04-20
Prison Justice
Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.
Episode 1443 min1994-05-04
Pleading Insane
John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.
Episode 1543 min1994-05-18
Cops on Trial
Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.
Episode 1643 min1994-06-01
Fighting Words: The First Amendment
The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.
Episode 1743 min1994-06-15
Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God
Con artists who use religion for gain.
Episode 1843 min1994-07-06
The Great Brink's Heist
In one of the most daring robberies in history, the 1950 Brink's robbery netted thieves more than $2.7 million.
Episode 1943 min1994-07-13
Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege
Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.
Episode 2043 min1994-08-03
Attack at Waco
How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
Episode 2143 min1994-08-17
Sex, Lies and Harassment
The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.
Episode 2243 min1994-09-07
Gangbusters
New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.
Episode 2343 min1994-09-14
The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars
Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.
Episode 2443 min1994-09-21
Private Eyes
Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.
Episode 2543 min1994-10-19
Prostitution: Sex and the Law
Profiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.
Episode 2643 min1994-11-23
The Sting
Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.
Episode 2743 min1994-11-30
Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.
Episode 2843 min1994-12-14
Divorce Wars
An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.
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