American Justice is an American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 criminal justice

Criminal justice

Criminal Justice is the system of practices and institutions of governments directed at upholding social control, deterring and mitigating crime, or sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties and rehabilitation efforts...

 television program on the A&E Network

A&E Network

The A&E Network is a United States-based cable and satellite television network with headquarters in New York City and offices in Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, London, Los Angeles and Stamford. A&E also airs in Canada and Latin America. Initially named the Arts & Entertainment Network, A&E launched...

, hosted by Bill Kurtis

Bill Kurtis

Bill Kurtis is an American television journalist, producer, narrator, and news anchor. He is also the current host of A&E crime and news documentary shows, including Investigative Reports, American Justice, and Cold Case Files...

. The show features interesting or notable cases, such as the Selena

Selena

Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...

 Murder of a Star, Scarsdale Diet doctor murder, the Hillside Stranglers, Matthew Shepard

Matthew Shepard

Matthew Wayne Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998...

, or the Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational diversified financial services company with operations around the world. Wells Fargo is the fourth largest bank in the U.S. by assets and the largest bank by market capitalization. Wells Fargo is the second largest bank in deposits, home...

 heist, with the stories told by key players, such as police, lawyers, victims, and the perpetrators themselves. , more than 250 episodes have been produced, making it the longest-running documentary justice show on cable.

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#	Title	Episode Summary
1	Dahmer Jeffrey Dahmer Jeffrey Lionel Dahmer was an American serial killer and sex offender. Dahmer murdered 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991, with the majority of the murders occurring between 1987 and 1991. His murders involved rape, dismemberment, necrophilia and cannibalism... : Mystery of the Serial Killer	The case of Jeffrey Dahmer, who was convicted of murdering and dismembering 15 young boys.
2	Vigilante Justice	A look at people who stepped over the line and became vigilantes, focusing on the Bernard Goetz New York City Subway New York City Subway The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and also known as MTA New York City Transit...  shootings, and a case of a man who killed his son's alleged molester.
3	Mob Rats	Looks at Joseph Valachi, the first Mafioso to break the code of silence, and Sammy Gravano Sammy Gravano Salvatore "Sammy the Bull" Gravano is a former underboss of the Gambino crime family. He is known as the man who helped bring down John Gotti, the family's boss, by agreeing to become a Federal Bureau of Investigation informant and turn state's evidence.Originally a mobster for the Colombo crime... , who helped convict the Gambino Gambino crime family The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that dominates organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia . The group is named after Carlo Gambino, boss of the family at the time of the McClellan hearings in 1963...  family boss
4	Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence	Examines the highly charged issue of battered women. Do they have the right to respond with violence, and under what circumstances? Will the acquittal of Lorena Bobbitt lead to an "open season" on men? And why are women increasingly involved in drug and gang activity?
5	Cops on Trial	Examines how police are treated as defendants and the types of sentences they face; and reveals research results that show that police and the general public are held to different standards of justice.
6	Attack at Waco Waco Siege The Waco siege began on February 28, 1993, and ended violently 50 days later on April 19. The siege began when the United States Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms attempted to execute a search warrant at the Branch Davidian ranch at Mount Carmel, a property located east-northeast of Waco,...	The story of the tragic assault on the Branch Davidian Branch Davidian The Branch Davidians are a Protestant sect that originated in 1955 from a schism in the Davidian Seventh Day Adventists , a reform movement that began within the Seventh-day Adventist Church around 1930...  compound in Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...  and the subsequent efforts to determine the facts and assign blame
7	Gang Busters	Looks at: the "Secret 6", a group of civic-minded Chicago businessmen who aided in bringing down Al Capone Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early... ; drug trade in a Boston Boston Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...  housing development; and gang violence in the Midwest

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#	Title	Episode Summary
8	Prostitution Prostitution Prostitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of... : Sex and the Law	From the street-corner hooker to the high-class Hollywood call girl, this episode examines how the sellers of sex are brought to justice.
9	Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial	Examination of the turbulent events behind the 1968 anti-war riots in Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...  which led to the "Conspiracy to Commit Riot" trials of the famed Chicago Seven Chicago Seven The Chicago Seven were seven defendants—Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, David Dellinger, Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, John Froines, and Lee Weiner—charged with conspiracy, inciting to riot, and other charges related to protests that took place in Chicago, Illinois on the occasion of the 1968... .
10	Divorce Wars	Examines how divorce has changed from the days when women were considered the legal "property" of their husbands to today's high-stakes divorce contests, typified by the battle between Donald Donald Trump Donald John Trump, Sr. is an American business magnate, television personality and author. He is the chairman and president of The Trump Organization and the founder of Trump Entertainment Resorts. Trump's extravagant lifestyle, outspoken manner and role on the NBC reality show The Apprentice have...  and Ivana Trump Ivana Trump Ivana Trump is a former Olympic athlete, socialite, and fashion model noted for her marriage to mogul Donald Trump.-Early years:... .
11	Godfathers vs. The Law	Profiles of top gangsters and the lawmen who have risked their lives to defeat the underworld. (2-hour version)
12	Kidnapped	A look at the cases of biathlete Kari Swenson in Montana Montana Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,...  and Exxon Exxon Exxon is a chain of gas stations as well as a brand of motor fuel and related products by ExxonMobil. From 1972 to 1999, Exxon was the corporate name of the company previously known as Standard Oil Company of New Jersey or Jersey Standard....  executive Sidney Reso in New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... , and examines just how effective law enforcement authorities are in investigating and negotiating tense kidnap situations.
13	Defending the Mob	A look at the career of Frank Ragano Frank Ragano Frank Ragano was a self-styled "mob lawyer" from Florida, who made his name representing organized crime figures such as Santo Trafficante, Jr. and Carlos Marcello, and also served as lawyer for Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa... , attorney to Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...  mob boss Santo Trafficante, Jr. Santo Trafficante, Jr. Santo Trafficante, Jr. was one of the last of the old-time Mafia bosses in the United States. He allegedly controlled organized criminal operations in Florida and Cuba, which had previously been consolidated from several rival gangs by his father, Santo Trafficante, Sr...  and corrupt Teamster leader Jimmy Hoffa Jimmy Hoffa James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa was an American labor union leader.... .
14	Witness Protection	Interviews with several gangsters, who reveal what their lives are like after getting plastic surgery, new identities, legitimate jobs, and moving into new neighborhoods.
15	Bad Medicine	Includes a nurse suspected of killing babies in her hospital's pediatric intensive care unit; a doctor charged with nine counts of second degree murder; and the owner of the "Personal Best" plastic surgery centers who was accused of allowing his chauffeur to perform medical duties and was hit with 212 malpractice suits.

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#	Title	Episode Summary
41	Mob Ladies	Features Virginia Hill Virginia Hill Virginia Hill was a Chicago Outfit courier who was famous for being the girlfriend of Genovese crime family mobster Bugsy Siegel, following the breakdown of his marriage.- The Kefauver hearings :... , who helped Bugsy Siegel Bugsy Siegel Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an American gangster who was involved with the Genovese crime family...  build Las Vegas Las Vegas, Nevada Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous... , Arlyne Brickman, who trafficked in heroin even while working as an FBI informer, and "Mafia Princess" Antoinette Giancana, who professes great love for her father, mob boss Sam Giancana Sam Giancana Salvatore Giancana , better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966... .
43	Hired Guns	Includes the case of a corrupt businessman who had his partner murdered and a millionaire who arranged to have his wife killed to avoid splitting his fortune with her in divorce proceedings.
44	Cruel and Unusual	Includes: Henry Young, who was kept in the "Dark Hole" of Alcatraz; Tommy Ortiz, who was beaten by prison guards wearing lead-filled gloves; and John Evans John Louis Evans John Louis Evans III was the first inmate to be executed by the State of Alabama after the United States reinstituted the death penalty in 1976. The torturous manner of his execution is frequently cited by opponents of capital punishment in the United States... , whose body was charred in the electric chair.
47	Deadly Force	Features the police bombing of the MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia, which killed 11, and the shootings of Randy Weaver Randy Weaver Randall Claude "Randy" Weaver is a former Green Beret who was at the center of a deadly confrontation with U.S. federal agents at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, in 1992.-Early life:... 's wife and son at Ruby Ridge Ruby Ridge Ruby Ridge was the site of a violent confrontation and siege in northern Idaho in 1992. It involved Randy Weaver, his family, Weaver's friend Kevin Harris, and agents of the United States Marshals Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation... .
48	The Quiz Show Scandal and Other Frauds	Program examines the game-show scam involving distinguished professor Charles van Doren Charles Van Doren Charles Lincoln Van Doren is an American intellectual, writer, and editor who was involved in a television quiz show scandal in the 1950s... .
49	Cop Killers	Includes the murder of Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...  State Trooper Bill Davidson by Ronald Ray Howard Ronald Ray Howard Ronald Ray Howard was a convicted murderer executed by lethal injection by the U.S. state of Texas. He was convicted of the shooting death of Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Bill Davidson after Howard was stopped driving a stolen car on April 11, 1992.Davidson had stopped Howard,... , who claimed gangster rap music by Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur , known by his stage names 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper and actor. Shakur has sold over 75 million albums worldwide as of 2007, making him one of the best-selling music artists in the world...  encouraged him to shoot the officer, and the execution of rookie cop Eddie Bryne by members of a drug gang, while he sat in his patrol car guarding the home of a drug witness in Queens Queens Queens is the easternmost of the five boroughs of New York City. The largest borough in area and the second-largest in population, it is coextensive with Queens County, an administrative division of New York state, in the United States.... , New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... .
50	The Chicago Mob Chicago Outfit The Chicago Outfit, also known as the Chicago Syndicate or Chicago Mob and sometimes shortened to simply the Outfit, is a crime syndicate based in Chicago, Illinois, USA...	Includes segments on Al "Scarface" Capone Al Capone Alphonse Gabriel "Al" Capone was an American gangster who led a Prohibition-era crime syndicate. The Chicago Outfit, which subsequently became known as the "Capones", was dedicated to smuggling and bootlegging liquor, and other illegal activities such as prostitution, in Chicago from the early... , Anthony "Joe Batters" Accardo, and Sam "Mooney" Giancana Sam Giancana Salvatore Giancana , better known as Sam Giancana, was a Sicilian-American mobster and boss of the Chicago Outfit from 1957-1966... .
52	Vegas & The Mob	Features an interview with Frank Rosenthal Frank Rosenthal Frank Lawrence "Lefty" Rosenthal was a professional sports bettor, former Las Vegas casino executive and organized crime associate. The film Casino is loosely based on his life.-Early years:... , a former casino Casino In modern English, a casino is a facility which houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships or other tourist attractions...  manager who was the basis of Robert De Niro Robert De Niro Robert De Niro, Jr. is an American actor, director and producer. His first major film roles were in Bang the Drum Slowly and Mean Streets, both in 1973... 's character in the movie "Casino Casino (film) Casino is a 1995 crime drama film directed by Martin Scorsese. It is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by Nicholas Pileggi, who also co-wrote the screenplay for the film with Scorsese... ". (2 hours)
58	The Long Island Railroad Massacre	A look at the mass murder committed by Colin Ferguson on board a New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...  commuter train in December 1993. Includes Ferguson's bizarre attempts to defend himself at his trial.
59	John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was an American serial killer, rapist and clown who sexually assaulted and murdered at least 33 teenage boys and young men between 1972 and 1978. Gacy buried 26 of his victims in the crawlspace of his home, buried three others elsewhere on his property, and discarded the... : Buried Secrets	The bizarre case of the successful businessman and volunteer parade clown who raped and murdered 33 men after luring them to his home in suburban Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles... .
60	Crime of Passion: The Pamela Smart Pamela Smart Pamela Ann Smart is serving a life sentence for accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering in New Hampshire...  Story	Explores the dark side of passion by examining the case of Pamela Smart Pamela Smart Pamela Ann Smart is serving a life sentence for accomplice to first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit murder and witness tampering in New Hampshire...  who seduced her lover, a 15-year-old, into killing her husband.

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#	Title	Episode Summary
61	The Menendez Lyle and Erik Menendez Joseph Lyle Menendez and Erik Galen Menendez are brothers who are known for their conviction in a highly publicized trial for the shotgun murders in 1989 of their wealthy parents, entertainment executive Jose Menendez and his wife Mary "Kitty" Menendez , residents of Beverly Hills, California...  Murders	Examines the spectacular trials of Erik and Lyle Menendez, the brothers accused of murdering their wealthy parents.
63	Mob Hit Men	A look at hitmen and the terror they wrought on the streets of Philadelphia.
64	To Catch a Killer: Homicide Detectives	A look at the men and women who gaze into the depths of evil to solve the mystery of humanity's most heinous crime -- murder.
66	Death Row Women	Inside America's prisons for a rare look at mothers and grandmothers awaiting execution on death row
67	Free to Kill: The Polly Klaas Polly Klaas Polly Hannah Klaas was an American murder victim whose case gained national attention. At the age of twelve, she was kidnapped at knife point from her mother's home during a slumber party in Petaluma, California, on October 1, 1993. She was later strangled...  Murder	The focus of this episode are the repeat offenders who, like Richard Allen Davis Richard Allen Davis Richard Allen Davis is a convicted murderer, whose criminal record fueled support for passage of California's "Three strikes law" for repeat offenders... , American justice has failed to rehabilitate. We also examine attempts to protect future victims with new laws and aggressive policing
71	The Amy Fisher Amy Fisher Amy Elizabeth Fisher is an American woman who became known as "the Long Island Lolita" by the media in 1992, when, at the age of 17, she shot and severely wounded Mary Jo Buttafuoco, the wife of her lover Joey Buttafuoco...  Story	The case of Amy Fisher, the 17-year-old who was willing to kill to get the man she wanted.
73	The Night Stalker	A look back at the yearlong killing spree of Richard Ramirez Richard Ramirez Ricardo "Richard" Muñoz Ramírez is a convicted serial killer awaiting execution on California's death row at San Quentin State Prison...  in Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , his capture, and trial.
74	Presumed Guilty	A look at the shocking case of Rolando Cruz and Alex Hernandez, who were sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a young girl, Jeanine Nicarico Jeanine Nicarico murder case The Jeanine Nicarico murder case was a complex and influential homicide investigation and prosecution in DuPage County, Illinois that sent two men to prison who were later exonerated and released, and contributed to the death penalty moratorium imposed by then-Governor George H... --a crime they did not commit.
76	Myth of a Serial Killer: The Henry Lee Lucas Henry Lee Lucas Henry Lee Lucas was an American criminal, convicted of murder in 189 cases and once listed as America's most prolific serial killer; he later recanted his confessions, despite professing information only the assailant would know and flatly stating "I'm a liar" in a letter to researcher Brad Shellady...  Story	A probe into the strange case of the one-eyed Henry Lee Lucas, sentenced to death in Texas Texas Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in... . Were his confessions hoaxes designed to fool police?
77	The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Mobster	The stories of the most notorious Jewish gangsters in America, including "Dopey Benny" Fein Benny Fein Benjamin "Dopey Benny" Fein was an early Jewish American gangster who dominated New York labor racketeering in the 1910s. With a criminal record dating back to 1900, Fein's arrest record included thirty charges from petty theft and assault to grand larceny and murder... , Abe "Kid Twist" Reles Abe Reles Abe "Kid Twist" Reles was a New York mobster who was widely considered the most feared hit man for Murder, Inc., the enforcement contractor for the National Crime Syndicate. Reles later turned government witness and sent several members of Murder, Inc... , Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz Dutch Schultz was a New York City-area Jewish American gangster of the 1920s and 1930s who made his fortune in organized crime-related activities such as bootlegging alcohol and the numbers racket... , Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky Meyer Lansky , known as the "Mob's Accountant", was a Polish-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles "Lucky" Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the "National Crime Syndicate" in the United States... , and Bugsy Siegel Bugsy Siegel Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel was an American gangster who was involved with the Genovese crime family...
78	Crime Family	Profile of infamous mob boss Vito Genovese Vito Genovese Vito "Don Vito" Genovese was an Italian mafioso who rose to power in America during the Castellammarese War to later become leader of the Genovese crime family. Genovese served as mentor to future mob boss Vincent "The Chin" Gigante...  and how he built the most ruthless and powerful crime family in the nation.

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#	Title	Episode Summary
81	The Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder	Covers the case of school headmistress Jean Harris, who was accused of murdering her lover, "Scarsdale Diet" author Dr. Herman Tarnower
82	The Susan Smith Susan Smith Susan Leigh Vaughan Smith is an American woman sentenced to life in prison for murdering her children. Born in Union, South Carolina, and a former student of the University of South Carolina Union, she was convicted on July 22, 1995 of murdering her two sons, 3-year-old Michael Daniel Smith, born...  Story: A Mother's Confession	A look back at the shocking story of how Susan Smith drowned her two sons and then tried to fool the nation into believing that an African-American man had committed the crime
83	The Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot	Probes the bizarre case of Wanda Holloway Wanda Holloway Wanda Holloway is a woman from Channelview, Texas, known for hiring a hit man to kill the mother of her daughter's cheerleading rival.-Overview:... , who would stop at nothing--including murder--to get her daughter on the cheerleading squad.
84	Von Bülow Claus von Bülow Claus von Bülow is a British socialite of German and Danish ancestry. He was accused of the attempted murder of his wife Sunny von Bülow by administering an insulin overdose in 1980 but his conviction in the first trial was reversed and he was found not guilty in both his retrials.-Biography:Born... : A Wealth of Evidence	An examination of snooty, aristocratic Claus von Bulow and if he attempted to murder his wife.
85	Murder "In Cold Blood In Cold Blood In Cold Blood is a 1966 book by Truman Capote.In Cold Blood may also refer to:* In Cold Blood , a 1967 film and 1996 miniseries, both based on the book* In Cold Blood... "	Chronicles the 1959 murder of the Clutter family in Kansas Kansas Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south... , and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of their two killers, Richard Hickock Richard Hickock Richard "Dick" Eugene Hickock was one of two ex-convicts who murdered the four members of the Herbert Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas on November 15, 1959, a crime made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood...  and Perry Smith.
87	The Donnie Brasco Story	The true story of Joe Pistone, the FBI agent who risked his life to infiltrate a ruthless New York Mafia American Mafia The American Mafia , is an Italian-American criminal society. Much like the Sicilian Mafia, the American Mafia has no formal name and is a secret criminal society. Its members usually refer to it as Cosa Nostra or by its English translation "our thing"...  family and gather evidence against crime bosses
88	The Preppie Robert Chambers (killer) Robert Emmet Chambers, Jr. , nicknamed the "Preppie Killer", is an American who pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin...  Murder	A probe of the death of young Jennifer Levin, who was killed in New York City New York City New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and... 's Central Park Central Park Central Park is a public park in the center of Manhattan in New York City, United States. The park initially opened in 1857, on of city-owned land. In 1858, Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux won a design competition to improve and expand the park with a plan they entitled the Greensward Plan...  by Robert Chambers Robert Chambers (killer) Robert Emmet Chambers, Jr. , nicknamed the "Preppie Killer", is an American who pled guilty to manslaughter in the death of 18-year-old Jennifer Levin... , a handsome prep-school graduate
89	The Hillside Stranglers	An examination of the infamous case of serial killers Angelo Buono and Kenneth Bianchi, who murdered 10 young women and girls in Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...  in 1977 and 1978
90	The Pizza Connection	Story of how the FBI busted one of the largest drug rings ever. The exploding case led investigators from New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... 's sidewalk pizzerias to Zurich Zürich Zurich is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich. It is located in central Switzerland at the northwestern tip of Lake Zurich... 's financial districts and the highest levels of the Italian government
91	The Assassination of John Lennon	A look at the twisted mind of Mark David Chapman Mark David Chapman Mark David Chapman is an American prison inmate who murdered former Beatles member John Lennon on December 8, 1980. He committed the crime as Lennon and Yoko Ono were outside of The Dakota apartment building in New York City. Chapman aimed five shots at Lennon, hitting him four times in his back... , the deranged Beatles The Beatles The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...  fan who grew up worshipping John Lennon John Lennon John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music... , then stalked and murdered him in December 1980.
92	Spree Killers	A look at the crimes and capture of Charles Starkweather Charles Starkweather Charles Raymond Starkweather was an American teenaged spree killer who murdered eleven people in Nebraska and Wyoming during a two-month road trip with his 14-year-old girlfriend, Caril Ann Fugate. The couple was captured on January 29, 1958...  and Caril Ann Fugate Caril Ann Fugate Caril Ann Fugate was the adolescent girlfriend and accomplice of spree killer Charles Starkweather. She is the youngest female in United States history to have been tried for first-degree murder.... , teenage lovers who murdered 10 people in the 1950s.
95	Framed	The shocking story of Clarence Brandley Clarence Brandley Clarence Brandley is an African-American who, in 1981, while a janitor at a high school in Conroe, Texas, was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of Cheryl Dee Ferguson, a 16 year-old student. Brandley was held for nine years on death row... , an innocent man who was convicted of murder and spent seven years on death row before being cleared.
96	False Witness	The strange case of Gary Dotson Gary Dotson Gary Dotson Litke, James. , May 9, 1986 Associated Press report. The Ledger of Lakeland, Florida. Accessed October 23, 2009. is an American man who was the second person to be exonerated of a criminal conviction by DNA evidence... , who wasn't released from prison even when the woman who accused him of rape admitted that she'd been lying.
97	Marriage & Murder	An examination of three cases where husbands and wives have murdered their spouses. Features Charlene Brundidge, who killed her husband, then later won clemency because she was an abused wife.
99	Hunting Bambi: The Laurie Bembenek Lawrencia Bembenek Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek , known as Laurie Bembenek, was convicted of murdering her husband's ex-wife, Christine Schultz, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on May 28, 1981...  Story	The case of beautiful ex-cop Lawrencia "Bambi" Bembenek, who escaped after spending nine years in prison for the murder of her husband's ex-wife.
100	Dead Woman Walking: The Karla Faye Tucker Karla Faye Tucker Karla Faye Tucker was convicted of murder in Texas in 1984 and put to death in 1998. She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984, and the first in Texas since 1863...  Story	Recalls the controversial life and death of the first woman executed in Texas since 1984.

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• 101 The Green Beret Murder Mystery
• 102 The Sam Sheppard
  Sam Sheppard
  Dr. Samuel Holmes Sheppard was an American osteopathic physician and neurosurgeon, who was involved in an infamous and controversial murder trial. He was convicted of the murder of his pregnant wife, Marilyn Reese Sheppard, in 1954, while residing in the Cleveland, Ohio area. Sheppard served...
  
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• 103 Selena
  Selena
  Selena Quintanilla-Pérez , known simply as Selena, was a Mexican American singer-songwriter. She was named the "top Latin artist of the '90s" and "Best selling Latin artist of the decade" by Billboard for her fourteen top-ten singles in the Top Latin Songs chart, including seven number-one hits...
  
  : Murder Of A Star
• 104 Fall From Grace
• 105 The Heidi Fleiss
  Heidi Fleiss
  Heidi Lynne Fleiss is an American former madam, and also a columnist and television personality regularly featured in the 1990s in American media. She is often referred to as the "Hollywood Madam"....
  
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• 106 Death Row Prostitute: Aileen Wuornos
  Aileen Wuornos
  Aileen Carol Wuornos was an American serial killer who killed seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990, claiming they raped or attempted to rape her while she was working as a prostitute...
  
  
• 107 The Sinatra Kidnapping
• 108 The Larry Flynt
  Larry Flynt
  Larry Claxton Flynt, Jr. is an American publisher and the president of Larry Flynt Publications . In 2003, Arena magazine listed him as the number one on the "50 Powerful People in Porn" list....
  
   Story: Hustling The First Amendment
• 109 A Teenage Murder Mystery
• 110 A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick
  Betty Broderick
  Elisabeth Anne "Betty" Broderick is a former American socialite convicted of the November 5, 1989 murder of her former husband Dan Broderick and his second wife, Linda Kolkena...
  
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• 111 A Murder in Greenwich: The Martha Moxley
  Martha Moxley
  Martha Elizabeth Moxley was a 15-year-old murder victim in a case that attracted worldwide publicity owing to a "Kennedy connection"....
  
   Case
• 112 Justice Denied: The Hurricane Carter Story
• 113 Till Death Do Us Part
• 114 Body of Evidence: The Tom Capano Trial
• 115 The Perfect Murder: The Shannon Mohr Story
• 116 Drowning In Lies: The Trial Of Edward Post

117-133

• 117 Payback for a Bully : Murder of Bobby Kent
  Murder of Bobby Kent
  Bobby Kent was an American who was murdered by seven others, including his best friend, Martin Joseph "Marty" Puccio, Jr. , in Hollywood in South Florida...
  
  
• 118 “It’s Not My Fault.”: Strange Defenses
• 119 Lethal Injection: The Hospital Murders
• 120 The Jonesboro Schoolyard Ambush
  Westside Middle School massacre
  The Westside Middle School massacre was a school shooting that occurred on March 24, 1998 in Westside Middle School in unincorporated Craighead County, Arkansas, United States, near Jonesboro. A total of five people, four female students and a teacher, were killed. Ten people, nine students and...
  
  
• 121 Sister against Sister: The Twin Murder Plot
• 122 Rape in Connecticut: The Alex Kelly Story
• 123 Duty, Honor...and Murder
• 124 A Parent’s Nightmare
• 125 Death Row Radical: Mumia Abu-Jamal
  Mumia Abu-Jamal
  Mumia Abu-Jamal was convicted of the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner and sentenced to death. He has been described as "perhaps the world's best known death-row inmate", and his sentence is one of the most debated today...
  
  
• 126 Dancing, Drugs, & Murder
• 127 Blueprint for Murder
• 128 The Killer Within
• 129 The Trial Of Louise Woodward
  Louise Woodward
  The Louise Woodward case concerned a young English au pair convicted, at age 19, of the 1997 involuntary manslaughter of eight-month-old Matthew Eappen while he was in her care in his home in Newton, Massachusetts, in the United States...
  
  
• 130 Getting Away With Murder
• 131 Deadly Magnolia
• 132 Kill Thy Neighbor: George Trepal
• 133 The Life and Death of Teena Brandon

141-160

• 141 Oil, Money and Murder
• 142 Free To Murder Again
• 143 The Wife Who Knew too Much
• 144 When a Child Kills
• 145 The California Killing Field
• 146 Murder on a Reservation
• 147 Dangerous Medicine?
• 148 A Son's Confession
• 149 Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg
• 150 Hiding In Plain Sight: Tales Of A Fugitive
• 151 A Mother On Death Row
• 152 The Erin Brockovich
  Erin Brockovich
  Erin Brockovich-Ellis is an American legal clerk and environmental activist who, despite the lack of a formal law school education, or any legal education, was instrumental in constructing a case against the Pacific Gas and Electric Company of California in 1993...
  
   Story
• 153 The Boy Who Saw Too Much
• 154 The Atlanta Child Murders
  Atlanta child murders
  The Atlanta Child Murders, known locally as the "missing and murdered children case", were a series of murders committed in Atlanta, Georgia, United States from the summer of 1979 until the spring of 1981. Over the two-year period, a minimum of twenty-eight African-American children, adolescents...
  
  
• 155 Who Wants to Kill a Millionaire (The Ted Binion
  Ted Binion
  Lonnie Theodore "Ted" Binion was a wealthy U.S. gambling executive and one of the sons of famed Las Vegas casino magnate Lester Ben "Benny" Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe...
  
   Silver Murder)
• 156 Shotgun Justice
• 157 Shattered Innocence: The Fells Acres Abuse Case
• 158 Raised On Hate
• 159 The Matthew Shepard
  Matthew Shepard
  Matthew Wayne Shepard was a student at the University of Wyoming who was tortured and murdered near Laramie, Wyoming, in October 1998...
  
   Story

161-180

• 161 Lying Eyes
• 162 Conspiracy to Kill: The Rae Carruth
  Rae Carruth
  Rae Carruth is a former American football wide receiver in the NFL for the Carolina Panthers...
  
   Story
• 163 Eliminating The Competition
• 164 Marijuana And Murder
• 165 Like Mother, Like Son: Sante
  Sante Kimes
  Sante Kimes is an American felon who has been convicted of two murders, along with robbery, violation of anti-slavery laws, forgery and numerous other crimes. Many of these crimes were committed with assistance from her children, especially her son Kenneth...
  
   and Kenny Kimes
• 166 The Girl In The Box
• 167 The Disappearance Of Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  Madalyn Murray O'Hair was an American atheist activist and founder of the organization American Atheists and its president from 1963 to 1986. One of her sons, Jon Garth Murray, was the president of the organization from 1986 to 1995, while she remained de facto president during these nine years....
  
  
• 168 A Mother's Story Of Murder
• 169 Murder In A Small Town
• 170 Millions Of Reasons To Kill
• 171 Driven To Kill
• 172 The Cult Murders
• 173 Brutal Revenge
• 174 An Execution in Doubt
• 175 Suicide By Execution
• 176 The Witness and the Hitman
• 177 While the Children Slept

178-197

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• 178 The Monster Inside
• 178 Vanished
• 179 Crib Death?
• 180 The Black Widow Of Vegas
• 181 In The Hands Of A Child
• 182 Who Killed Hannah Hill?
• 183 Justifiable Homicide?
• 184 A Questionable Doctor
• 185 A Mother's Betrayal
• 186 The Andrea Yates
  Andrea Yates
  Andrea Yates is a former Houston, Texas resident who killed her five children on June 20, 2001 by drowning them in the bathtub in her house. She had been suffering for some time with very severe postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis...
  
   Story
• 187 A Murder before Homecoming (the murder of Heather Rich
  Murder of Heather Rich
  The murder of Heather Rose Rich took place on the night of October 2, 1996 on a remote bridge over a creek in Texas. Rich, a 16-year-old sophomore high school student from Waurika, Oklahoma, had been driven to the location by three young men, two of them her schoolmates...
  
  )
• 188 Shots in the Dark
• 189 Shamed into Confession
• 190 Mistaken Identity
• 191 Mail Order Murder
• 192 The Corcoran Eight
• 193 To Save Their Souls
• 194 What the Girl Saw
• 195 Murder Online
• 196 Mystery at Sea

197-215

• 197 The San Francisco Dog Mauling
• 198 The Central Park Jogger Case: What Went Wrong?
• 199 The Wells Fargo Heist
• 200 Blood Brothers: The Derek and Alex King Case
• 201 The Yosemite Killer
• 202 Don't Mess with Texas
• 203 Another Man's Crime
• 204 Murder by Mercedes
• 205 For Love or Money
• 206 A Deadly Dose
• 207 Playing With Fire
• 208 The Happy Face Killer
• 209 Murder on the Boardwalk
• 210 The Case of Robert Blake
  Robert Blake (actor)
  Robert Blake is an American actor who starred in the film In Cold Blood and the U.S. television series Baretta. In 2005, he was tried and acquitted for the 2001 murder of his wife, but on November 18, 2005, Blake was found liable in a California civil court for her wrongful death.-Early...
  
  
• 211 Traces in Blood
• 212 The Excedrin Killings
• 213 A Soldier's Secret
• 214 Daughter Dearest
• 215 Blood Relations

216-235

• 216 Thrill Killers
• 217 Sins of a Priest: The John Geoghan
  John Geoghan
  John J. Geoghan was a key figure in the Roman Catholic sex abuse cases that rocked the Boston Archdiocese in the 1990s and 2000s and led to the resignation of Boston's archbishop, Cardinal Bernard Francis Law, on December 13, 2002.-Career Summary:...
  
   Story
• 218 The Black Widower
• 219 Under Suspicion: The Case of Catherine Shelton
• 220 Stacey's Story
• 221 Murder in Paradise
• 222 Child's Play, Deadly Play
• 223 Murder & Mrs. B
• 224 The Wrath of Mrs. Jones
• 225 The Doctor's Wife
• 226 A Model Murder
• 227 Double Life, Double Murder
• 228 The Bully of Toulon
• 229 Love Triangle
• 230 Serial Wife
• 231 Who Whacked Zack?
• 232 Accused in Appalachia
• 233 The Brit and the Bodybuilder
• 234 Lies of a Friend
• 235 A Warrant to Kill

236-247

• 236 Palm Beach Law
• 237 The Deer Hunting Murder
• 238 The Perfect Wife
• 239 What Happened to Carrie Culberson?
• 240 A Confession in Question
• 241 The Scott Peterson
  Scott Peterson
  Scott Lee Peterson , an American, was convicted of murdering his wife, Laci Peterson, and their unborn child in Modesto, California, in 2002. Peterson's arrest and subsequent trial dominated the American news media until 2005, when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection...
  
   Trial
• 242 Murder in the Court
• 243 Countdown to an Execution
• 244 Blood on the Staircase
• 245 The Bridge Murders
• 246 Hamptons Murder Mystery
• 247 The Brothers Kimble

Specials

• Murder in a College Town
• Special Why O.J. Simpson Won
• Special The Rosenbergs
• Special Who Killed the Candy Heiress?: The Helen Brach
  Helen Brach
  Helen Vorhees Brach , was an American multi-millionairess widow whose wealth had come from marrying into the E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company fortune; she endowed the Helen V. Brach Foundation to promote animal welfare in 1974....
  
   Story
• 1600 Why O.J. Simpson Lost:: The Civil Trial
• 58930 Death in a Small Town
• Special Who Is the Lipstick Killer
• 65535 Vigilante Dad

The following episodes are not listed

|A Confession in Question |
|A Murder in Greenwich: The Martha Moxley Case 2002|
|Assassins |
|Eyewitness |
|Hunt for the Unabomber |
|The Wrong Man |
|When Cops Kill |

External links

• A&E's American Justice website