Season 3
Episodes
1. Mass Murder: An American Tragedy
1994-01-05
Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.
2. The Hostage Takers
1994-01-12
Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.
3. The Wrong Man
1994-01-19
Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.
4. Great Heists
1994-01-26
In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8
5. Fugitives
1994-02-02
How the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.
6. Death Penalty
1994-02-09
Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.
7. Juvenile Justice
1994-02-23
Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.
8. Mob Rats
1994-03-02
Joseph Valachi and Peter Maas are featured in this look at mobsters who turn against fellow criminals and help law enforcement agencies convict them.
10. War Crimes
1994-03-30
Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.
11. Satan, Rituals and Abuse
1994-04-06
Cases of psychological manipulation.
12. Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence
1994-04-13
Increasing violence in society; battered women.
13. Prison Justice
1994-04-20
Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.
14. Pleading Insane
1994-05-04
John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.
15. Cops on Trial
1994-05-18
Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.
16. Fighting Words: The First Amendment
1994-06-01
The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.
17. Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God
1994-06-15
Con artists who use religion for gain.
18. The Great Brink's Heist
1994-07-06
In one of the most daring robberies in history, the 1950 Brink's robbery netted thieves more than $2.7 million.
19. Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege
1994-07-13
Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.
20. Attack at Waco
1994-08-03
How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
21. Sex, Lies and Harassment
1994-08-17
The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.
22. Gangbusters
1994-09-07
New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.
23. The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars
1994-09-14
Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.
24. Private Eyes
1994-09-21
Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.
25. Prostitution: Sex and the Law
1994-10-19
Profiling the lives of street-corner hookers and high-class Hollywood call girls and examining how they are brought to justice.
26. The Sting
1994-11-23
Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.
27. Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
1994-11-30
Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.
28. Divorce Wars
1994-12-14
An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.