American Justice Season 3, Episode 21: Sex, Lies and Harassment

1

Mass Murder: An American Tragedy

Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.

43 min

2

The Hostage Takers

Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.

43 min

3

The Wrong Man

Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.

43 min

4

Great Heists

In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8

43 min

5

Fugitives

How the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.

43 min

6

Death Penalty

Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.

43 min

7

Juvenile Justice

Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.

43 min

8

Mob Rats

Joseph Valachi and Peter Maas are featured in this look at mobsters who turn against fellow criminals and help law enforcement agencies convict them.

43 min

10

War Crimes

Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.

43 min

11

Satan, Rituals and Abuse

Cases of psychological manipulation.

43 min

12

Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence

Increasing violence in society; battered women.

43 min

13

Prison Justice

Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.

43 min

14

Pleading Insane

John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.

43 min

15

Cops on Trial

Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.

43 min

16

Fighting Words: The First Amendment

The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.

43 min

17

Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God

Con artists who use religion for gain.

43 min

18

The Great Brink's Heist

In one of the most daring robberies in history, the 1950 Brink's robbery netted thieves more than $2.7 million.

43 min

19

Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege

Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.

43 min

20

Attack at Waco

How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.

43 min

21

Sex, Lies and Harassment

The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.

43 min

22

Gangbusters

New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.

43 min

23

The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars

Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.

43 min

24

Private Eyes

Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.

43 min

25

Prostitution: Sex and the Law

Profiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.

43 min

26

The Sting

Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.

43 min

27

Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.

43 min

28

Divorce Wars

An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.

43 min