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American Justice Season 12 Episodes
Season 12 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 2002 - 2003
Episode 1
Who Killed Hannah Hill?
Wed, Jan 8, 200360 mins
The 1999 rape and murder case of 18 year old Hannah Hill of Akron, Ohio is examined by American Justice. From the very beginning the investigation of her disappearance and then discovery of her body is grossly mishandled. Prosecutors were still able to build a murder case against another Akron teenager, Denny Ross. But that too was bungled and ended in a mistrial in 2000. However, in 2012 Denny Ross was convicted of the murder of Hannah Hill, 13 years after her murder.
Episode 2
The Andrea Yates Story
Wed, Jan 15, 200360 mins
On June 20, 2001, while suffering from severe postpartum depression and psychosis, Andrea Yates drowns all five of her children in a bathtub. American Justice examines her life and the events leading up to the tragic deaths of her children.
Episode 3
A Mother's Betrayal
Wed, Jan 29, 200360 mins
Kathleen Bush earned the nation's sympathy and admiration as she struggled to care for her grievously sick child. 8 year-old Jennifer was afflicted, her mother claimed, with a variety of complaints, including a rare intestinal condition that had required over 200 hospital stays and nearly 40 surgeries. With no health insurance, Jennifer's family was devastated financially. Largely through the publicity her mother drew to her plight, Jennifer became the "poster child" for health care reform in the early 1990s. Kathy Bush courted so much attention for her chronically ill daughter that the family met with Hillary Clinton and testified before Congress. Then, in a shocking twist, Jennifer's long-suffering mother was arrested on the unthinkable charge of child abuse. Investigators alleged that Kathy Bush had created her daughter's medical problems because she suffered from Munchausen's Syndrome By Proxy (MSBP), a rare phenomenon in which a parent-usually a mother-makes a child ill because the parent craves attention. At the same time of Kathy's arrest, little Jennifer was immediately taken from her mother and placed in foster care. Within weeks, the child's health was restored. Kathleen Bush was convicted of both child abuse and organized fraud, and sentenced to 5 years in prison. Now serving her time, Kathy maintains her innocence and says she is guilty only of keeping Jennifer alive, and that she is the victim. - of the hospital, its vengeful nursing staff, and a state agency that exacted revenge when she complained about them.
Episode 4
A Questionable Doctor
Wed, Mar 5, 200360 mins
American Justice reviews the case of Stan Naramore, a small town Kansas doctor accused of attempting to murder a 78 year old woman and of killing an 81 year old man while treating them for their illnesses that had reached their end stages.
Episode 5
A Murder Before Homecoming
Wed, Mar 19, 200360 mins
The small town of Waurika, Okla. is rocked by the sexual assault and murder of a 16 year old girl at the hands of three of her acquaintances. American Justice examines the case with interviews from her mother and one of the accused.
Episode 6
To Save Their Souls
Wed, Apr 2, 200360 mins
After murdering his mother, wife, and his three children in 1971, John List eludes authorities for 18 years. Then in 1989 the television show Americas Most Wanted airs a segment on him that leads to his capture. American Justice interviews both List and Walsh to gain insight as to why he would commit such a heinous crime.
Episode 7
The Story of Al Capone
Sun, Apr 13, 2003
The life of gangster Al Capone is chronicled.
Episode 8
Shamed Into Confession
Wed, Apr 23, 200360 mins
In 1981 a Catholic priest is found murdered in a seedy motel room in Odessa, Texas. One year later James Harry Reyos confesses to murdering Father Patrick Ryan. But did he really commit the crime? American Justice takes an in depth look.
Episode 9
Death of a Bride
Wed, May 28, 200360 mins
The murder of Gladys Ricart in 1999 by her former unfaithful boyfriend, Agustin Garcia, on the day of her wedding to James Preston.
Episode 10
Mail Order Murder
Wed, Jun 4, 200360 mins
Recalling the 2000 murder of mail-order bride Anastasia Solovieva and the first-degree murder conviction of her husband, Indle Gifford King Jr.
Episode 11
The Corcoran Eight
Wed, Jun 11, 200360 mins
Recalling the 1994 investigation into allegations by Corcoran State Prison guards that fellow officers staged gladiator-style fights between inmates.
Episode 12
The Central Park Jogger Case: What Went Wrong?
Wed, Jul 16, 200360 mins
A report on the Central Park Jogger case and the overturning of the convictions of the five men initially charged with the crime following a 2002 confession by Matias Reyes that he was the lone rapist.
Episode 13
Murder Online
Wed, Jul 23, 200360 mins
In 1999 Sharee Miller is convicted of arranging the murder of her husband by manipulating her online lover. When the lover realizes he was being used he commits suicide, but not before leaving enough evidence behind to lead authorities to his accomplice.
Episode 14
The San Francisco Dog Mauling
Wed, Aug 6, 200360 mins
On January 26th, 2001, 33-year-old Diane Whipple was mauled to death by her neighbors' dogs in the hallway of her San Francisco apartment building. The brutal attack shocked residents of the city, and Whipple, young, prosperous and gay, quickly captured the public's sympathy. But what was first seen as a tragic accident soon took on a more sinister tone. The dogs' owners, Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel, husband-and-wife attorneys, began making statements that seemed to suggest Whipple herself might have been to blame for the attack. And when information surfaced that the couple's dogs had a history of violent behavior, the public began clamoring for justice, culminating in criminal charges against Knoller and Noel.
Episode 15
Mystery at Sea
Wed, Aug 13, 200360 mins
The case of Alvin Latham, who was acquitted of charges that he murdered a man who died during a shipwreck.
Episode 16
Don't Mess with Texas
Wed, Aug 27, 200360 mins
American Justice examines the case of Greg Ott. He was convicted in the 1978 shooting death of Texas Ranger Bobby Doherty during a drug raid in Denton, Texas. Ott, a model prisoner has been trying to win his freedom through parole for years, proclaiming the shooting was accidental and that he wasn't trying to shoot the Texas Ranger.
Episode 17
Shots in the Dark
Wed, Sep 10, 200360 mins
The case of murderer Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, who was convicted of killing a deputy sheriff in 2000.
Episode 18
The Wells Fargo Heist
Wed, Sep 24, 200360 mins
November 28, 1994, an unmarked Wells Fargo armored van is found abandoned in a church parking lot with a dead Wells Fargo driver inside. Eleven hours earlier it had been loaded with over a half a million dollars and stopped for a pick-up at a Dillard's department store in Phoenix, AR. American Justice retraces the investigation that led to the arrest of three Arizona men responsible for the crime.
Episode 19
Mistaken Identity
Tue, Oct 8, 200260 mins
In the spring of 1997, 16-year-old Terence Garner was arrested and charged with armed robbery and attempted murder. With no physical evidence liking him to the crime, the North Carolina teen was convicted on the basis of eyewitness testimony. Just days after the conviction, a different Terrance confessed to the crime. Despite the confession, Garner spent five years behind bars waiting to be acquitted. Today Garner is a free man and only one eyewitness remains vocally convinced of his guilt, the woman he was accused of shootings. The ordeal began when three men robbed the Quality Finance Company, a small loan company in rural Johnston County, North Carolina. Quality Finance employee Alice Wise was shot in the head and chest. She survived and went on to provide powerful eyewitness testimony that Garner was the gunman. The other two men arrested in connection with the crime, Keith Riddick and Kendrick Hederson, both admitted to their role in the robbery, yet told vastly different stories at Garner's trial. Riddick, in exchange for a reduced prison sentence, testified for the prosecution that Terence Garner was the shooter. Henderson, testifying for the defense, told the court Garner was innocent. He then repeated the same information he gave police nine months earlier: the shooter was Riddick's cousin Terrance from New York. Garner was found guilty and sentenced to a minimum of 32 years. After the trial, Henderson convinced a police officer from a neighboring jurisdiction to check out his claim that the wrong Terence had been convicted. Acting on Henderson's information, a Wayne County detective found 24-year-old Terrance Deloach. Deloach confessed to shooting Wise, but then recanted setting in motion a chain of events that reveal disturbing cracks in the American Justice system and call into question the reliability of eyewitness testimony.
Episode 20
The Yosemite Killer
Wed, Oct 29, 200360 mins
The case of serial killer Cary Stayner, who murdered individuals at Yosemite National Park in 1999.
Episode 21
Blood Brothers: The Derek and Alex King Case
Wed, Nov 12, 200360 mins
Two young boys are charged with murdering their father with a baseball bat. During the investigation it is discovered that Rick Chavis, a convicted child molester, helped the boys commit the crime. American Justice examines the case.
Episode 22
Murder on the Boardwalk
Wed, Nov 26, 200360 mins
Details the thrill kills by Kosta Fotopoulos and Diedre Hunt, extramarital lovers, in 1989 Daytona, FL, while videotaping the crime. Includes offenses of blackmail, counterfeiting, and solicitation for murder of his wife.
Episode 23
For Love or Money
Wed, Dec 10, 200360 mins
The case of Celeste Beard Johnson, convicted of orchestrating the 1999 murder of her husband, Texas millionaire Steven Beard Jr.
Episode 24
What the Girl Saw
Wed, Dec 10, 200360 mins
Examining the case of Clarence Elkins, convicted of the 1998 murder of his mother-in-law and rape of his niece. The niece, who testified against her uncle, has since recanted her statement.
Episode 25
Another Man's Crime
Wed, Dec 24, 200360 mins
On August 11, 1989 the lifeless body of 29 year old Vickie Cushman is found in her Warwick, RI apartment after she fails to show up for work. Investigators soon focus on 26 year old Jeffery Scott Hornoff, an officer with the Warwick Police Department. American Justice looks at this case and how Hornoff was wrongly convicted of Cushman's murder, and how if it weren't for the real murderer coming forward and confessing he might still be in prison today.