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American Justice Season 2 Episodes
Season 2 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1993 - 1993
Episode 1
Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer
Sat, Feb 13, 199360 mins
Examining the case in which a man's wife and children were brutally murdered, he claimed, by drug-crazed hippies.
Episode 2
The Trial of Adolf Eichmann
Wed, Apr 21, 199360 mins
Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi official captured by Israeli agents in 1960 and taken to Israel to be tried for war crimes.
Episode 3
City Killer Gangs
Wed, Apr 28, 199360 mins
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.
Episode 4
Jean Harris
Sun, May 9, 199360 mins
The case of Jean Harris, the former headmistress convicted of murdering her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower, in 1980.
Episode 5
Howard Hughes Biography Hoax
Wed, Jun 16, 199360 mins
Recalling a hoax in the 1970s involving an alleged authorized biography of Howard Hughes by Clifford Irving.
Episode 6
Charles Starkweather
Wed, Jun 23, 199360 mins
Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming between December 1957 and January 1958, when he was 19 years old. He killed ten of his victims between January 21 and January 29, 1958, the date of his arrest.
Episode 7
Richard Speck
Wed, Jun 30, 199360 mins
The case of Richard Speck, who was convicted of the 1966 murders of eight nurses and student nurses in Chicago.
Episode 8
Wayne Williams
Wed, Jul 28, 199360 mins
Wayne Williams, convicted of two of the Atlanta child murders that terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981.
Episode 9
Mafia Wars
Wed, Aug 11, 199360 mins
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.
Episode 10
Bonnie and Clyde
Wed, Sep 1, 199360 mins
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose string of robberies and killings made them two of the most notorious criminals of the 1930s.
Episode 11
Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)
Wed, Sep 8, 199360 mins
"Target: Mafia" studies crime during Prohibition. Examined: Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging; battles between ethnic gangs.
Episode 12
Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)
Wed, Sep 15, 199360 mins
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.
Episode 13
Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)
Wed, Sep 22, 199360 mins
"The Kennedys and the Mob" examines efforts by President Kennedy and his brother Robert to curtail mob activity; the possible link between JFK's assassination and organized crime.
Episode 14
Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)
Wed, Sep 29, 199360 mins
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.
Episode 15
Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)
Wed, Oct 6, 199360 mins
"Empire of Crime" examines mob activity during World War II; the murder of Benjamin Siegel; nightclubs, casinos and racetracks linked to organized crime.
Episode 16
Mobfathers: Part 1
Wed, Oct 13, 199360 mins
A three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. Part 1 shows how Nicodemo Scarfo gained power by supplying concrete to the growing casino industry in Atlantic City.
Episode 17
Mobfathers: Part 2
Wed, Oct 20, 199360 mins
Part 2 of a three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia concerns local and Federal government investigations of Nicodemo Scarfo, which led to his imprisonment. Included: Scarfo's operations---from Philadelphia to Florida.
Episode 18
Mobfathers: Part 3
Wed, Oct 27, 199360 mins
Conclusion. Examining connections between the Sicilian Mafia and the U.S., and the influence of the incarcerated Nicodemo Scarfo on crime in Philadelphia.
Episode 19
Rape on Trial
Wed, Nov 3, 199360 mins
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."
Episode 20
Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer
Wed, Nov 10, 199350 mins
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.
Episode 21
The Rosenbergs
Wed, Nov 17, 199360 mins
American Justice goes back to the 1950s 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. The Rosenbergs, who were admitted Communists, were accused of supplying vital secrets about our atomic bomb research to the Soviets. The most damning evidence against the Rosenberg's came from Ethel's brother and his wife, but new evidence puts some of those claims into question.
Episode 22
Fire Starters
Wed, Nov 24, 199360 mins
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.
Episode 23
Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison
Wed, Dec 1, 199350 mins
Host Bill Kurtis narrates a historic look back at Alcatraz prison and some of the most famous escape attempts made it's prisoners to get off "The Rock" until it was shutdown in 1963. American Justice also takes an inside look at another maximum security prison in Marion, IL.
Episode 24
KKK: Hate Crimes in America
Wed, Dec 15, 199360 mins
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.
Episode 25
Vigilante Justice
Wed, Dec 29, 199360 mins
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.