Episode 1
Mass Murder: An American Tragedy
Jan 5, 1994
Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.
Episode 2
The Hostage Takers
Jan 12, 1994
Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.
Episode 3
The Wrong Man
Jan 19, 1994
Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.
Episode 4
Great Heists
Jan 26, 1994
In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8
Episode 5
Fugitives
Feb 2, 1994
How the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.
Episode 6
Death Penalty
Feb 9, 1994
Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.
Episode 7
Juvenile Justice
Feb 23, 1994
Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.
Episode 8
Mob Rats
Mar 2, 1994
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 10
War Crimes
Mar 30, 1994
Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.
Episode 11
Satan, Rituals and Abuse
Apr 6, 1994
Cases of psychological manipulation.
Episode 12
Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence
Apr 13, 1994
Increasing violence in society; battered women.
Episode 13
Prison Justice
Apr 20, 1994
Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.
Episode 14
Pleading Insane
May 4, 1994
John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.
Episode 15
Cops on Trial
May 18, 1994
Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.
Episode 16
Fighting Words: The First Amendment
Jun 1, 1994
The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.
Episode 17
Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God
Jun 15, 1994
Con artists who use religion for gain.
Episode 18
The Great Brink's Heist
Jul 6, 1994
In one of the most daring robberies in history, the 1950 Brink's robbery netted thieves more than $2.7 million.
Episode 19
Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege
Jul 13, 1994
Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.
Episode 20
Attack at Waco
Aug 3, 1994
How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
Episode 21
Sex, Lies and Harassment
Aug 17, 1994
The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.
Episode 22
Gangbusters
Sep 7, 1994
New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.
Episode 23
The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars
Sep 14, 1994
Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.
Episode 24
Private Eyes
Sep 21, 1994
Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.
Episode 25
Prostitution: Sex and the Law
Oct 19, 1994
Profiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.
Episode 26
The Sting
Nov 23, 1994
Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.
Episode 27
Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Nov 30, 1994
Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.
Episode 28
Divorce Wars
Dec 14, 1994
An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.
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