Season 3

1. Mass Murder: An American Tragedy

1994-01-05 · 43m

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

2. The Hostage Takers

1994-01-12 · 43m

Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.

3. The Wrong Man

1994-01-19 · 43m

Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.

4. Great Heists

1994-01-26 · 43m

In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8

5. Fugitives

1994-02-02 · 43m

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 · 43m

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

7. Juvenile Justice

1994-02-23 · 43m

Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.

8. Mob Rats

1994-03-02 · 43m

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 · 43m

Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.

11. Satan, Rituals and Abuse

1994-04-06 · 43m

Cases of psychological manipulation.

12. Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence

1994-04-13 · 43m

Increasing violence in society; battered women.

13. Prison Justice

1994-04-20 · 43m

Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.

14. Pleading Insane

1994-05-04 · 43m

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

15. Cops on Trial

1994-05-18 · 43m

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

16. Fighting Words: The First Amendment

1994-06-01 · 43m

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

17. Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God

1994-06-15 · 43m

Con artists who use religion for gain.

18. The Great Brink's Heist

1994-07-06 · 43m

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 · 43m

Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.

20. Attack at Waco

1994-08-03 · 43m

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 · 43m

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

22. Gangbusters

1994-09-07 · 43m

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

23. The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars

1994-09-14 · 43m

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

24. Private Eyes

1994-09-21 · 43m

Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.

25. Prostitution: Sex and the Law

1994-10-19 · 43m

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 · 43m

Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.

27. Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial

1994-11-30 · 43m

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

28. Divorce Wars

1994-12-14 · 43m

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