American Justice

Season 7

Bill Kurtis hosts this documentary series that profiles criminal cases involving high profile murders, serial killers, and organized crime. Each episode culminating with the justice dispensed by the American legal system in each case.

Where to Watch Season 7

19 Episodes

  • Most Wanted
    E1
    Most WantedThe history of the FBI's "10 Most Wanted" list and criminals who have been apprehended after making the list. Also: how criminal profiles have changed over the years. Interviewed: author Michael Newton, FBI agents and other law-enforcement officials.
  • Pizza Connection
    E2
    Pizza ConnectionA report on the U.S. Government's battle to break up a mob drug operation through a mammoth FBI investigation leading to Sicily, Zurich, the Midwest and New York City pizzerias. Included: interviews with FBI agents, attorneys, drug-enforcement agents and Italian government officials.
  • The John Lennon Assassination
    E3
    The John Lennon AssassinationRetracing the steps of John Lennon's confessed killer Mark David Chapman, who shot the ex-Beatle on Dec. 8, 1980. Included: interviews with police, doctors who tried to save Lennon, and Chapman's attorneys.
  • L.A. Mob
    E4
    L.A. MobThe history of organized crime in Los Angeles, including its connections to Hollywood. Key figures such as Jack Dragna and Jimmy "The Weasel" Fratianno are profiled. Also: attempts by law-enforcement officials to curtail mob activity. Interviewed: former police chief Daryl Gates; a former FBI agent; mob insiders; journalists.
  • False Witness
    E5
    False WitnessDNA evidence finally proves the innocence of Gary Dotson, a man sentenced to prison for the rape of a woman who admitted she had falsely accused him.
  • Spree Killers
    E6
    Spree KillersExamining the case of Nebraska teenagers Charles Starkweather and Carol Ann Fugate, who killed 10 people in the 1950s and inspired the 1974 film “Badlands.” Included: the capture, trial and execution of Starkweather.
  • Framed
    E7
    FramedThe case of Clarence Brandley, a west Texas man wrongfully convicted of a 1980 murder and sentenced to death. Included: alleged collusion between police, prosecutors and judges; legal appeals and two stays of execution; Brandley's second trial and release from Death Row. Interviewed: Brandley, his attorneys, the judge from the first trial, a private investigator, Brandley's brother.
  • Dead Woman Walking: The Karla Faye Tucker Story
    E8
    Dead Woman Walking: The Karla Faye Tucker StoryThe story of Karla Faye Tucker, the Texas woman who converted to Christianity while on death row. Included: her conviction and execution for two 1983 murders. Interviewed: Tucker's sister, her spiritual advisor, a victim's husband, attorneys.
  • Hunting Bambi: The Laurie Bembenek Story
    E9
    Hunting Bambi: The Laurie Bembenek StoryThe case of Lawrencia “Bambi” Bembenek, the former Milwaukee police officer whose conviction for the 1981 murder of her then-husband's first wife was overturned in 1992. Bembenek escaped from prison in 1990, but was recaptured in Canada.
  • Charles Whitman: Austin Sniper
    E10
    Charles Whitman: Austin SniperProfiling Charles Whitman, who killed more than a dozen people during a shooting spree from the University of Texas tower on Aug. 1, 1966.
  • Marriage and Murder
    E11
    Marriage and MurderThe stories of three people accused of murdering their spouses are chronicled. Included: the trials of Debra Hartmann, Steven Steinberg and Charline Brundidge. Interviewed: attorneys, investigators and a psychiatrist.
  • Hunt for the Unabomber
    E12
    Hunt for the UnabomberThe story of how the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski, was captured following 17 years of sending mail bombs. Included: how Kaczynski's brother turned him in after reading his "manifesto" in the newspaper. Interviewed: FBI officials, friends of Kaczynski, attorneys.
  • Green Beret Murder Mystery
    E13
    Green Beret Murder MysteryThe case of Jeffrey MacDonald, a doctor and former Green Beret captain convicted of the murder of his family, is chronicled. Interviewed: MacDonald, investigators, attorneys, relatives of the deceased.
  • Heidi Fleiss
    E14
    Heidi FleissThe story of Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss is chronicled. Fleiss is interviewed about her call-girl business and the sting operation that led to her prosecution. Included: her 1994 trial for pandering and cocaine possession; her Federal trial for tax evasion and money laundering.
  • High Crimes and Misdemeanors
    E15
    High Crimes and MisdemeanorsThe impeachment process.
  • Death Row Prostitute: Aileen Wuornos
    E16
    Death Row Prostitute: Aileen WuornosAileen Carol "Lee" Wuornos was an American serial killer and prostitute who murdered seven men in Florida in 1989 and 1990 by shooting them at point-blank range.
  • Selena: Murder of a Star
    E17
    Selena: Murder of a StarThe 1995 murder of Tejano singer Selena, and the subsequent trial of her associate Yolanda Saldivar, is chronicled. Interviewed: Selena's father, attorneys, an eyewitness.
  • Fall From Grace
    E18
    Fall From GraceChronicling the celebrity trials of sportscaster Marv Albert, former congressman Mel Reynolds and one-time Miss America Bess Myerson. Interviewed: attorneys Roy Black and Raoul Felder.
  • A Civil Action
    E19
    A Civil ActionA 1982 civil lawsuit brought by residents of Woburn, Mass., following the leukemia-related deaths of 5 children is examined. Interviewed: the plaintiffs, attorneys, and judge in the case.

 

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