American Justice - Season 2
Season 2
American Justice continues.
Network
Episodes25
DatesFeb 13, 1993 - Dec 29, 1993
Episodes
Season 2Episode 160 min
Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer
Examining the case in which a man's wife and children were brutally murdered, he claimed, by drug-crazed hippies.
Feb 13, 1993
Season 2Episode 260 min
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official captured by Israeli agents in 1960 and taken to Israel to be tried for war crimes.
Apr 21, 1993
Season 2Episode 360 min
City Killer Gangs
Organized crime during the Prohibition era, including profiles of Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Lucky Luciano. Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes joins host Bill Kurtis.
Apr 28, 1993
Season 2Episode 460 min
Jean Harris
The case of Jean Harris, the former headmistress convicted of murdering her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, in 1980.
May 9, 1993
Season 2Episode 560 min
Howard Hughes Biography Hoax
Recalling a hoax in the 1970s involving an alleged authorized biography of Howard Hughes by Clifford Irving.
Jun 16, 1993
Season 2Episode 660 min
Charles Starkweather
Charles Starkweather, executed in 1959 for committing 11 murders.
Jun 23, 1993
Season 2Episode 760 min
Richard Speck
The case of Richard Speck, who was convicted of the 1966 murders of eight nurses and student nurses in Chicago.
Jun 30, 1993
Season 2Episode 860 min
Wayne Williams
Wayne Williams, convicted of two of the Atlanta child murders that terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981.
Jul 28, 1993
Season 2Episode 960 min
Mafia Wars
Examining the battles waged against gangland families by the Gambino organized-crime family, led by "Boss of Bosses" Paul Castellano, until his 1985 assassination that was masterminded by John Gotti.
Aug 11, 1993
Season 2Episode 1060 min
Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose string of robberies and killings made them two of the most notorious criminals of the 1930s.
Sep 1, 1993
Season 2Episode 1160 min
Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)
Profiling crime during Prohibition. Examining Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging; battles between ethnic gangs.
Sep 8, 1993
Season 2Episode 1260 min
Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)
Examining the birth of the American mafia from its origins in Sicily to mob activity during Prohibition. Included: the roles of Al Capone and Charles "Lucky" Luciano; rivalry among Italian, Irish and Jewish gangs.
Sep 15, 1993
Season 2Episode 1360 min
Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)
Examining efforts by President Kennedy and his brother Robert to curtail mob activity; the possible link between JFK's assassination and organized crime.
Sep 22, 1993
Season 2Episode 1460 min
Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)
Profiling "gangbusters" such as Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics; and Thomas E. Dewey, who successfully prosecuted Charles "Lucky" Luciano on charges of running a prostitution ring.
Sep 29, 1993
Season 2Episode 1560 min
Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)
Examining mob activity during World War II; the murder of Benjamin Siegel; nightclubs, casinos and racetracks linked to organized crime.
Oct 6, 1993
Season 2Episode 1660 min
Mobfathers, Part 1
A three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 1 of 3] shows how Nicodemo Scarfo gained power by supplying concrete to the growing casino industry in Atlantic City.
Oct 13, 1993
Season 2Episode 1760 min
Mobfathers, Part 2
Part 2 of a three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 2 of 3] concerns local and Federal government investigations of Nicodemo Scarfo, which led to his imprisonment. Included: Scarfo's operations —from Philadelphia to Florida.
Oct 20, 1993
Season 2Episode 1860 min
Mobfathers, Part 3
Part 3 of a three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. [Part 3 of 3] examines connections between the Sicilian Mafia and the U.S., and the influence of the incarcerated Nicodemo Scarfo on crime in Philadelphia.
Oct 27, 1993
Season 2Episode 1960 min
Rape on Trial
Examining highly publicized rape cases, including the 1992 conviction of Mike Tyson for the rape of a beauty-pageant contestant; and the 1983 gang-rape case in New Bedford, Mass., that inspired the 1988 movie "The Accused."
Nov 3, 1993
Season 2Episode 2060 min
Jeffrey Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer
A graphic account of the crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who became, his attorney Gerald Boyle says, "the embodiment of evil." Included: footage from Dahmer's trial; comments from experts on serial murder.
Nov 10, 1993
Season 2Episode 2160 min
The Rosenbergs
Back to the 1950's and an era of the "Red Scare" to examine the evidence against Julius and Ethel Rosenberg that led to their conviction of espionage and ultimately both of their executions in 1953.
Nov 17, 1993
Season 2Episode 2260 min
Fire Starters
Examining two arson cases: the 1990 blaze at the Happy Land club in the Bronx, which claimed 87 lives; and the 1944 Hartford Circus fire, in which 168 people were killed. Included: retired firefighter Rick Davey, who investigated the Hartford fire.
Nov 24, 1993
Season 2Episode 2360 min
Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison
A history of Alcatraz recalls some of the prison's most spectacular breakout attempts, including one that inspired the film "Escape from Alcatraz." Included: the maximum-security prison at Marion, Ill.
Dec 1, 1993
Season 2Episode 2460 min
KKK: Hate Crimes in America
Racially motivated crimes in the U.S., such as the murders of three civil-rights workers in Mississippi, and the 1988 beating death of an Ethiopian student in Oregon. Included: comments from attorney Morris Dees.
Dec 15, 1993
Season 2Episode 2560 min
Vigilante Justice
Cases of vigilantism in the U.S., including the 1984 Bernhard Goetz subway shooting in New York City; the 1984 murder of an alleged child molester; and the 1987 torching of a Detroit crack house.
Dec 29, 1993
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