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American Justice Season 9 Episodes
Season 9 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 1999 - 2000
Episode 1
Blueprint for Murder
Wed, Jan 5, 200060 mins
Examining how the 1993 murders of a Maryland boy, his mother and nurse sparked a lawsuit against the publishers of "Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors," an instruction book used by the killer. The lawsuit has also inspired intense debates about the First Amendment rights of the publisher.
Episode 2
Roy Fontaine: Deadly Butler
Sun, Jan 16, 200060 mins
Examining the crimes of convicted murderer Roy Fontaine, and the trail of death he left behind in the late '70s as he posed as a sophisticated butler in households throughout Britain.
Episode 3
A Parent's Nightmare
Thu, Feb 3, 200060 mins
On September 10th, 1988 7 year old Jaclyn Dowaliby is abducted from her parents home in Midlothian, Illinois sometime during the night. Four days later her body was found, and based on the results of a poor police investigation her parents David and Cynthia are charged with her murder. Cynthia was acquitted of the crime, but David was convicted only to have his conviction overturned several years later. American Justice looks at this tragic case that remains unsolved as of May 2015.
Episode 4
Dr. John Bodkin Adams
Sun, Feb 20, 200060 mins
The case of John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983), a British physician suspected of killing patients after they wrote wills naming him as their beneficiary. Adams was tried for murder in 1957, but was acquitted for lack of evidence. Host: Bill Kurtis.
Episode 5
Death Row Radical: Mumia Abu-Jamal
Wed, Feb 23, 200060 mins
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a radio journalist and former member of the Black Panthers who was convicted in 1982 of the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner.
Episode 6
Gainesville Murderer
Tue, Feb 23, 199960 mins
Chronicling the hunt for the killer of five college students at the University of Florida in Gainesville. After one suspect was cleared, the police captured Danny Rolling, who was convicted of the August 1990 murders in 1994.
Episode 7
Getting Away with Murder
Wed, Mar 15, 200060 mins
American Justice examines the 1988 murder of Brenda Sue Schaefer by her boyfriend Mel Ignatow in Louisville, KY. Ignatow was acquitted of her murder despite a damning testimony from a former girlfriend. He was later sentenced to prison for perjury in the case and admitted in court that he had in fact killed Schaefer. Despite this revelation he could not be retired for murder because it would have been Double Jeopardy.
Episode 8
Murder in a College Town
Wed, Mar 22, 200060 mins
Recalling the 1990 killings of five students at the University of Florida in Gainesville. All five were murdered within a 48-hour period, and their killer, Danny Rolling, was convicted in 1994.
Episode 9
The Life and Death of Teena Brandon
Wed, Mar 22, 200060 mins
Recalling the 1993 rape and murder of Teena Brandon, a Nebraska teen who, it was revealed, had been posing as a male named Brandon Teena. Teena's story was told in the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry."
Episode 10
Dancing, Drugs and Murder
Thu, Apr 13, 200060 mins
The case of Michael Alig, the infamous Manhattan party promoter who in 1997 was convicted of manslaughter in the death of Angel Melendez, one of Alig's "club kids." The documentary recalls how Alig kept the body in his apartment for a week, then dismembered it and threw it into the Hudson River.
Episode 11
The Trial of Louise Woodward
Thu, Apr 20, 200060 mins
The 1997 trial of 19 year old British au pair Louise Woodward is the focus of American Justice. Woodward was accused of a form of child abuse known as "shaken baby syndrome" in the death of 8 month old Matthew Eappen in Boston. Initially convicted of second-degree murder, that verdict was later set aside in favor of involuntary manslaughter and she was released with time served.
Episode 12
Deadly Magnolia: Patricia Allanson
Thu, May 11, 200060 mins
American Justice examines the case of Patricia Allanson. In 1974 Allanson goaded her husband into killing his parents. Then after he was sentenced to prison she set her sights on his grandparents by poisoning them, all in an effort to gain a half million dollar inheritance. After serving a short prison term she returned to her evil scheming ways by stealing and poisoning an elderly couple that she was caring for, but this time she enlisted the help of her daughter.
Episode 13
Oil, Money and Murder
Wed, May 24, 200060 mins
American Justice takes an objective look at one of the most famous murder cases in Texas history. Cullen Davis, who was an heir to his father's massive Texas oil fortune and at one time was worth an estimated half a billion dollars, was charged with the shooting death of his 12 year old step-daughter and his wife's lover on August 2nd, 1976. On the same evening he also allegedly shot his wife and a family friend, they didn't die from their wounds and implicated Davis as the shooter. Davis was acquitted of the murders and the case became the subject of several books, television shows, and a made for television movie.
Episode 14
The Killer Within
Wed, Jun 7, 200060 mins
The case of Kathy Bonney, a Virginia woman murdered at the hands of her father, Tom Bonney. Bonney was found guilty in 1988, but his conviction was overturned in 1992 on appeal, pending a competency hearing.
Episode 15
Donald Hume
Sun, Jun 11, 200060 mins
The case of Donald Hume, notorious British double murderer. After serving a sentence for being an accessory in a 1949 killing, Hume committed a murder in Switzerland that earned him a life sentence.
Episode 16
Kill Thy Neighbor
Wed, Jun 21, 200060 mins
On October 15th, 1988 Peggy Carr of Alturas, FL dies of Thallium poisoning. Tests show that her two sons also showed signs of Thallium poisoning. Immediately detectives suspect Peggy's husband Pye Carr of the horrible crime. But soon investigators start to shift their focus on to George Trepal, a neighbor with a genius level IQ and a self taught chemist. American Justice looks at the events leading to the murder conviction of George Trepal.
Episode 17
The Wife Who Knew Too Much
Thu, Jul 6, 200060 mins
On November 29th, 1992 Sara Tokars is shot to death in front of her two young children by a man who had accosted them at their home in Marietta, GA. After her death her husband Fred Tokars, who was a defense attorney, started to exhibit strange behavior which led investigators to take a closer look at his possible involvement. American Justice takes a close look at the case that led to investigators accusing Fred Tokars of murder for hire, and then his subsequent conviction of the murder of his wife.
Episode 18
When a Child Kills
Wed, Aug 9, 200060 mins
"When a Child Kills." A report on Nathaniel Abraham, who at age 13 became the youngest American to be tried as an adult for first-degree murder, a crime he committed at age 11. Included: an interview with Abraham's mother.
Episode 19
Free to Murder Again
Wed, Aug 16, 200060 mins
The story of serial killer Kenneth McDuff from Waco, TX is profiled by American Justice. McDuff, who became known as the "The Broomstick Killer" after his conviction in the murder of three teenagers in 1966 was placed on death row for his crimes. Due to serious overcrowding in Texas prisons, McDuff was able to be released on parole, but it wouldn't be long before he was killing again. His case would lead to an overhaul of Texas parole requirements and their penal system.
Episode 20
The California Killing Field
Wed, Sep 20, 200060 mins
In the early to mid 1980's Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are believed to have raped, tortured, and murdered over a dozen women at Lake's remote cabin in Calaveras County, California. Investigators found a torture chamber, videotapes of Lake and Ng torturing a couple of victims, and over 40 pounds of charred bones at the cabin. Lake committed suicide before he could be charged for the crimes. Charles Ng, a native of Hong Kong and former U.S Marine, eluded prosecution for 13 years, but is now serving his sentence on death row. American Justice looks at the heinous nature of the crimes committed by Lake and Ng and how Ng was able to avoid prosecution for so long.
Episode 21
DeFeo and Benson: Inheritance Killers
Sun, Oct 1, 200060 mins
Two cases in which money was the motive for the murders of family members: the DeFeo case in Amityville, N.Y., and the Benson case in Florida.
Episode 22
Murder on a Reservation
Tue, Oct 17, 200060 mins
The case of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who is serving two consecutive life sentences for the 1975 murder of two FBI agents on the Oglala Lakota Indian reservation in Pine Ridge, S.D.
Episode 23
Dangerous Medicine
Tue, Nov 28, 200060 mins
The case of Dr. Bruce Rowan, who killed his wife in 1998 but was found innocent by reason of insanity.
Episode 24
Dr. Buck Ruxton
Sun, Dec 10, 200060 mins
The grisly Ruxton case begins with the discovery of two dismembered bodies in Scotland.
Episode 25
Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg
Tue, Dec 19, 200060 mins
The tragic and disturbing death of 6 year old Lisa Steinberg is profiled by American Justice. The horrific abuse that was suffered by Lisa Steinberg and her adoptive mother Hedda Nussbaum at the hands of Joel Steinberg became a media focal point in 1987.