American Justice - Season 2

American Justice - Season 2

Season 2

American Justice continues.
Network
Episodes25
DatesFeb. 13, 1993 - Dez. 29, 1993
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Episodes

Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer
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
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
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
City Killer Gangs
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
Jean Harris
Season 2Episode 460 min

Jean Harris

The case of Jean Harris, the former headmistress convicted of murdering her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, in 1980.
Mai 9, 1993
Howard Hughes Biography Hoax
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.
Juni 16, 1993
Charles Starkweather
Season 2Episode 660 min

Charles Starkweather

Charles Starkweather, executed in 1959 for committing 11 murders.
Juni 23, 1993
Richard Speck
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.
Juni 30, 1993
Wayne Williams
Season 2Episode 860 min

Wayne Williams

Wayne Williams, convicted of two of the Atlanta child murders that terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981.
Juli 28, 1993
Mafia Wars
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
Bonnie and Clyde
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.
Sept. 1, 1993
Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)
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.
Sept. 8, 1993
Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)
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.
Sept. 15, 1993
Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)
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.
Sept. 22, 1993
Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)
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.
Sept. 29, 1993
Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)
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.
Okt. 6, 1993
Mobfathers, Part 1
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.
Okt. 13, 1993
Mobfathers, Part 2
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.
Okt. 20, 1993
Mobfathers, Part 3
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.
Okt. 27, 1993
Rape on Trial
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
Jeffrey Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer
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
The Rosenbergs
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
Fire Starters
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
Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison
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.
Dez. 1, 1993
KKK: Hate Crimes in America
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.
Dez. 15, 1993
Vigilante Justice
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.
Dez. 29, 1993

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