Episodes (14)
Jan 19, 1997
Chronicling the case of the Yorkshire Ripper, a serial killer who preyed upon young women (some of them prostitutes) in the 1970s. A manhunt led to the arrest of Peter Sutcliffe, who was convicted of 13 murders in 1981.
Jan 22, 1997
Agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration battle those who grow, process and distribute illegal drugs both inside and outside the U.S.
Jan 29, 1997
Cases in which misidentification by eyewitnesses resulted in wrongful convictions.
Mar 23, 1997
Recounts the 1992 case of the Long Island teenager who allegedly had an affair with a married man and then was convicted of trying to kill his wife, Mary Jo Buttafuoco (who is interviewed).
Apr 27, 1997
The 1966 murders of three British police officers---Harry Roberts, John Duddy, John Witney---at the hands of three thugs are recalled.
May 21, 1997
The Jeanine Nicarico murder case of 1983 which led to the false imprisonment and conviction of Rolando Cruz for the murder until Brian Dugan confesses to the crime.
May 21, 1997
A look at profiling as a criminal-investigation tool and how it is increasingly used by law-enforcement agencies.
May 28, 1997
Recalling such Jewish crime figures as Bugsy Siegel, Meyer Lansky and Arthur Flegenheimer (a k a Dutch Schultz). Interviewees include lawyers who defended and prosecuted Lansky, and authors Albert Fried, Sidney Zion and Robert Rockaway.
Jun 29, 1997
The infamous 1963 "Great Train Robbery" of a mail train in England is recalled.
Sep 03, 1997
Examines the 1980 trial of Jean Harris for the shooting death of her lover, Dr. Herman Tarnower. Included: interviews with Harris, her defense attorney and other trial participants.
Oct 22, 1997
Examines the conspiracy by Wanda Holloway, the mother of a high-school cheerleader, to have another cheerleader's mother murdered. Interviewed: the intended victim; trial attorneys; and a forensic psychologist.
Nov 19, 1997
Chronicles the sensational crime dubbed the Preppie Murder Case by the media due to the upper-class backgrounds of victim Jennifer Levin and the accused, Robert Chambers.
Nov 26, 1997
An account of how FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone, a.k.a. Donnie Brasco, infiltrated the New York mob in the late 1970s. The undercover operation became the subject of a 1997 feature film starring Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. Pistone discusses the operation, various mobsters and the strain on his family.
Dec 17, 1997
Examines the 1959 slaughter of the Clutters, a Kansas farming family memorialized in Truman Capote's "In Cold Blood." Included: comments from family friends; graphic crime-scene photos.
About
American Justice Season 6 (1997) is released on Jan 19, 1997 and the latest season 14 of American Justice is released in 2005. Watch American Justice online - the English Documentary TV series from United States. American Justice is directed by Michael Husain,Samantha Sanders,Lisa Shaughnessy,Charles Fitzgerald and created by Elkan Allan with Bill Kurtis and Linda Fairstein.