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23 Episodes 2001 - 2001
Episode 1
Sat, Jan 27, 200160 mins
Examining two cases in which wrongly accused people were imprisoned because their trials were mishandled. Included: Florida farmer James Richardson, who spent 21 years in prison until his conviction was overturned in 1989; Chicago residents Perry Cobb and Darby Tillis, who were tried for the same crime for a record five times.
Episode 2
Wed, Jan 31, 200160 mins
An examination of the case of Howard Mechanic, who went into hiding, beginning in the '70s, to avoid a five-year sentence incurred during an anti-Vietnam War protest. He was arrested in 2000 in Arizona, where he was running for Scottsdale City Council.
Episode 3
Wed, Feb 21, 200160 mins
On the early morning hours of June 6th, 1996 Darlie Routier calls 911 claiming that an attacker had broken into their home in Rowlett, Texas and had stabbed her and her two young sons. All the while her husband was sleeping upstairs, but later was awakened and then had tried to revive the boys. Both of the boys, aged 5 and 6 died from their wounds while Darlie recovered. Shortly after the crime, investigators charge Darlie Routier with murder after she has a birthday party at the cemetery for one of the boys and a television crew films her celebrating and shooting silly string all over their graves. American Justice looks at this case that has people divided on whether or not she actually killed her two sons.
Episode 4
Sun, Mar 4, 200160 mins
Profiling William Joyce, the former deputy leader of the British Union of Fascists, who fled to Germany to work for the Nazis until he was captured in 1945 and hanged.
Episode 5
Wed, Mar 7, 200160 mins
A look at the "Atlanta Child Murders," in which 29 blacks, mostly boys, were slain between 1979 and '81. Also: controversy surrounding the conviction of Wayne Williams for the murders.
Episode 6
Wed, Mar 14, 200160 mins
Residents of Hinkley, California learn that their drinking water supply is contaminated with high levels of Chromium VI and possibly making them sick. American Justice profiles Erin Brockovich who put herself at the forefront of the legal fight to hold Pacific Gas and Electric financially responsible for the claims of the residents of Hinkley.
Episode 7
Wed, Apr 11, 200160 mins
An investigation into the 1998 death of millionaire Lonnie Binion, who was a member of a Las Vegas gaming family.
Episode 8
Wed, Apr 25, 200160 mins
While in the government witness protection program in 1981, Marion "Mad Dog" Pruett goes on a crime spree across several states. AKA Sonny Pearson while in the witness protection program he committed a series of robberies and at least five murders that included his wife Pamela Sue Barker. American Justice looks this case and examines how many blamed the government for allowing this to happen while on their watch.
Episode 9
Wed, Jun 6, 200160 mins
On September 28, 1973 Barbara Gibbon is brutally murdered in her Falls Village, Connecticut home. Immediately police focus on her 18 year old son Peter Reilly, and after 25 hours of interrogation Peter confesses to the crime. He was sentenced to 6 to 16 years for the murder of his mother, but with the help of an outraged community and playwright Arthur Miller, Reilly is granted a new trial and his conviction is overturned. American Justice examines this controversial case and interviews Peter Reilly who is now seeking DNA testing to clear his name.
Episode 10
Wed, May 23, 200160 mins
An examination of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming, where the 21-year-old gay student was beaten and tied to a fence, discovered 18 hours later and died five days afterwards. Included: interviews with Shepard's mother; and the prosecuting and defending attorneys in the trial that convicted Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney.
Episode 11
Wed, Jun 20, 200160 mins
An examination of the case of Ronald Cotton, who served 11 years for a 1984 rape conviction until DNA tests proved his innocence.
Episode 12
Sun, Jul 22, 200160 mins
The unsolved 1943 murder of Sir Harry Oakes. Included: his son-in-law's arrest; and suspected Mafia involvement.
Episode 13
Wed, Jul 25, 200160 mins
The case of Michael Pardue, who was released from prison after serving 27 years on flawed murder convictions and after three escapes.
Episode 14
Wed, Aug 8, 200160 mins
A profile of Chevie Kehoe, a white supremacist who engaged in criminal behavior in his quest to form an Aryan People's Republic. Included: the robbery-murder of an Arkansas family in 1996.
Episode 15
Sun, Sep 9, 2001
A chronicle of the rise of major crime syndicates in America.
Episode 15
Wed, Aug 8, 200160 mins
Examining the 1984 child-abuse case at the Fells Acres Day School in Malden, Mass., where 10 children were abused.
Episode 16
Wed, Sep 19, 200160 mins
Under provisions of the new Anti-Drug Abuse Act, commonly known as "The Drug Kingpin Law" signed into law by President Reagan in 1988, David Ronald Chandler became the first person to be placed on death row because of it. Chandler had allegedly ordered the death of another man in relation to his drug dealing activities making him eligible for the death penalty. American Justice examines the case of Chandler, an alleged marijuana grower and dealer from Piedmont, Alabama.
Episode 17
Mon, Sep 10, 200160 mins
A report on the 1999 killing of 8-year-old witness Leroy Brown Jr. to keep him from testifying in a murder case.
Episode 18
Wed, Oct 17, 200160 mins
He dazzled football fans with his fast moves and outstanding receptions-wide receiver Rae Carruth was a rising star in the NFL, and a local celebrity in Charlotte, North Carolina where he was the first round draft pick for the Carolina Panthers. But in 1999, it all came crashing down, when Rae Carruth was accused of masterminding the drive-by shooting death of his pregnant girlfriend, Cherica Adams. His lawyer claimed Rae Carruth had nothing to do with the shooting, that it was all the result of a drug deal gone bad. But a prosecutors said the victim herself told a different story, in a 911 tape and in notes written in the hospital-evidence the prosecution said made her the star witness in the trial of her accused killer. Conspiracy to Kill: The Rae Carruth Story details the sensational trial and includes an interview with the triggerman who confessed to the shooting while fingering Rae Carruth as the man who plotted the murder.
Episode 19
Wed, Nov 14, 200160 mins
A report on mother and son killers Sante and Kenny Kimes.
Episode 20
Wed, Nov 28, 200160 mins
A chronicle of how the 1995 disappearance of American Atheists leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair, along with her son and granddaughter, was discovered to be a murder.
Episode 21
Wed, Dec 12, 200160 mins
Examined: the 1998 murder of Tennessee state representative Tommy Burks by political opponent Byron Looper.
Episode 22
Wed, Dec 19, 200160 mins
The murder case of in which Ringgold, Georgia resident Alvin Ridley was acquitted of murdering his wife Virginia Ridley in 1997 is reviewed.