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