Documentary focusing on Crime in America, and the American Criminal Justice System.
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.
Rating: 8.20/10 (avg out of 550 votes)
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American Justice Status: Ended
AMERICAN JUSTICE - General Information
Series Premiere: October 07, 1992 Classification: Documentary Genre: Biography | Crime | Documentary Network: A&E Airs: at 12:00 am Runtime: 60 Minutes
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1992 -- 7 Episodes
1992x1 -- Oct 07, 1992 -- Jonestown Massacre 1992x2 -- Nov 04, 1992 -- Boston Strangler 1992x3 -- Nov 11, 1992 -- Murph the Surf 1992x4 -- Nov 18, 1992 -- The Hillside Strangers 1992x5 -- Dec 02, 1992 -- Ted Bundy 1992x6 -- Dec 16, 1992 -- John Wayne Gacy: Mass Murderer 1992x8 -- Dec 29, 1993 -- Vigilante Justice
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1993 -- 25 Episodes
1993x1 -- Feb 13, 1993 -- Dr. Jeffrey MacDonald: The Green Beret Killer 1993x2 -- Apr 21, 1993 -- The Trial of Adolf Eichmann 1993x3 -- Apr 28, 1993 -- City Killer Gangs 1993x4 -- May 09, 1993 -- Jean Harris 1993x5 -- Jun 16, 1993 -- Howard Hughes Biography Hoax 1993x6 -- Jun 23, 1993 -- Charles Starkweather 1993x7 -- Jun 30, 1993 -- Richard Speck 1993x8 -- Jul 28, 1993 -- Wayne Williams 1993x9 -- Aug 11, 1993 -- Mafia Wars 1993x10 -- Sep 01, 1993 -- Bonnie and Clyde 1993x11 -- Sep 08, 1993 -- Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years) 1993x12 -- Sep 15, 1993 -- Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia) 1993x13 -- Sep 22, 1993 -- Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob) 1993x14 -- Sep 29, 1993 -- Target: Mafia (Gangbusters) 1993x15 -- Oct 06, 1993 -- Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime) 1993x16 -- Oct 13, 1993 -- Mobfathers, Part 1 1993x17 -- Oct 20, 1993 -- Mobfathers, Part 2 1993x18 -- Oct 27, 1993 -- Mobfathers, Part 3 1993x19 -- Nov 03, 1993 -- Rape on Trial 1993x20 -- Nov 10, 1993 -- Jeffrey Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer 1993x21 -- Nov 17, 1993 -- The Rosenbergs 1993x22 -- Nov 24, 1993 -- Fire Starters 1993x23 -- Dec 01, 1993 -- Alcatraz: Escaping America's Toughest Prison 1993x24 -- Dec 15, 1993 -- KKK: Hate Crimes in America 1993x25 -- Dec 29, 1993 -- Vigilante Justice
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1994 -- 25 Episodes
1994x1 -- Jan 05, 1994 -- Mass Murder: An American Tragedy 1994x2 -- Jan 12, 1994 -- Hostage Takers 1994x3 -- Jan 19, 1994 -- The Wrong Man 1994x4 -- Jan 26, 1994 -- Great Brinks Heist 1994x5 -- Feb 02, 1994 -- Fugitives 1994x6 -- Feb 09, 1994 -- Death Penalty 1994x7 -- Feb 23, 1994 -- Juvenile Justice 1994x8 -- Mar 02, 1994 -- Mob Rats 1994x9 -- Mar 30, 1994 -- War Crimes 1994x10 -- Apr 06, 1994 -- Satan: Rituals and Abuse 1994x11 -- Apr 13, 1994 -- Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence 1994x12 -- May 04, 1994 -- Pleading Insane 1994x13 -- May 18, 1994 -- Cops on Trial 1994x14 -- Jun 01, 1994 -- Fighting Words: The First Amendment 1994x15 -- Jun 15, 1994 -- Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God 1994x16 -- Jul 13, 1994 -- Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege 1994x17 -- Aug 03, 1994 -- Attack at Waco 1994x18 -- Aug 17, 1994 -- Sex, Lies and Harassment 1994x19 -- Sep 07, 1994 -- Gangbusters 1994x20 -- Sep 14, 1994 -- The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars 1994x21 -- Sep 21, 1994 -- Private Eyes 1994x22 -- Oct 19, 1994 -- Prostitution, Sex and the Law 1994x23 -- Nov 23, 1994 -- The Sting 1994x24 -- Nov 30, 1994 -- Riots: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial 1994x25 -- Dec 14, 1994 -- Divorce Wars
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1995 -- 22 Episodes
1995x1 -- Jan 03, 1995 -- Quiz Show Scandals and Other Frauds 1995x2 -- Jan 11, 1995 -- Godfathers vs. the Law 1995x3 -- Feb 08, 1995 -- Celebrities on Trial 1995x4 -- Feb 25, 1995 -- Spies: Betraying a Nation 1995x5 -- Mar 15, 1995 -- Defending the Mob 1995x6 -- Mar 29, 1995 -- Witness Protection 1995x7 -- Apr 04, 1995 -- Kidnapped 1995x8 -- May 10, 1995 -- Mob Ladies 1995x9 -- May 24, 1995 -- Lights! Camera! Courtroom! 1995x10 -- Jun 14, 1995 -- Autopsy 1995x11 -- Jun 28, 1995 -- Hired Guns 1995x12 -- Jul 05, 1995 -- Cruel and Unusual 1995x13 -- Aug 09, 1995 -- Military Justice 1995x14 -- Aug 16, 1995 -- Stalkers: Deadly Obsession 1995x15 -- Sep 06, 1995 -- Undercover Infiltrators 1995x16 -- Sep 13, 1995 -- Baby Snatchers 1995x17 -- Sep 20, 1995 -- Jailhouse Lawyers 1995x18 -- Oct 11, 1995 -- Assassins 1995x19 -- Oct 25, 1995 -- LAPD 1995x20 -- Nov 08, 1995 -- Bombers 1995x21 -- Dec 13, 1995 -- Deadly Force 1995x22 -- Dec 23, 1995 -- Why O.J. Simpson Won
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1996 -- 28 Episodes
1996x1 -- Jan 17, 1996 -- Cop Killers 1996x2 -- Feb 07, 1996 -- Chicago Mob 1996x3 -- Feb 15, 1996 -- The Sam Sheppard Story 1996x4 -- Mar 06, 1996 -- Murder in the Family 1996x5 -- Apr 10, 1996 -- Vegas and the Mob 1996x6 -- Apr 24, 1996 -- Long Island Railroad Massacre 1996x7 -- May 11, 1996 -- Bounty Hunters 1996x8 -- May 25, 1996 -- Crime of Passion: The Pamela Smart Story 1996x9 -- Jun 05, 1996 -- John Wayne Gacy: Buried Secrets 1996x10 -- Jun 19, 1996 -- When Cops Kill 1996x11 -- Jul 17, 1996 -- Hot Pursuit 1996x12 -- Aug 18, 1996 -- Dennis Nilsen: The Kindly Killer 1996x13 -- Aug 21, 1996 -- Mob Hit Men 1996x14 -- Aug 25, 1996 -- Bamber Family Murder 1996x15 -- Sep 01, 1996 -- Richard Ramirez: Night Stalker 1996x16 -- Sep 04, 1996 -- Menendez Murders 1996x17 -- Sep 22, 1996 -- Hammersmith Murders 1996x18 -- Sep 25, 1996 -- I Confess 1996x19 -- Sep 29, 1996 -- James Hanratty 1996x20 -- Oct 02, 1996 -- To Catch a Killer: Homicide Detectives 1996x21 -- Oct 06, 1996 -- The Disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa 1996x22 -- Oct 20, 1996 -- The McKay Kidnapping 1996x23 -- Oct 23, 1996 -- Free to Kill: The Polly Klaas Murder 1996x24 -- Nov 17, 1996 -- The Massacre of the Tsar 1996x25 -- Nov 20, 1996 -- Death Row Women 1996x26 -- Nov 24, 1996 -- Neville Heath: The Lady Killer 1996x27 -- Dec 04, 1996 -- The Defenders 1996x28 -- Dec 08, 1996 -- Mafia Story
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1997 -- 16 Episodes
1997x1 -- Jan 19, 1997 -- The Yorkshire Ripper 1997x2 -- Jan 22, 1997 -- Narcs 1997x3 -- Jan 29, 1997 -- Eyewitness 1997x4 -- Mar 23, 1997 -- Amy Fisher Story 1997x5 -- Apr 27, 1996 -- Roberts, Witney and Duddy 1997x6 -- May 21, 1997 -- Presumed Guilty 1997x7 -- May 21, 1997 -- Profilers 1997x8 -- May 28, 1997 -- Rise and Fall of the Jewish Mobster 1997x9 -- Jun 29, 1997 -- Great Train Robbery 1997x10 -- Aug 13, 1997 -- Crime Family 1997x11 -- Sep 03, 1997 -- Scarsdale Diet Doctor Murder 1997x12 -- Sep 17, 1997 -- Von Bulow: A Wealth of Evidence 1997x13 -- Oct 22, 1997 -- Texas Cheerleader Murder Plot 1997x14 -- Nov 19, 1997 -- Preppie Murder 1997x15 -- Nov 26, 1997 -- The Donnie Brasco Story 1997x16 -- Dec 17, 1997 -- Murder 'In Cold Blood'
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1998 -- 19 Episodes
1998x1 -- Jan 07, 1998 -- Most Wanted 1998x2 -- Jan 28, 1998 -- Pizza Connection 1998x3 -- Feb 25, 1998 -- The John Lennon Assassination 1998x4 -- Mar 11, 1998 -- L.A. Mob 1998x5 -- Apr 22, 1998 -- False Witness 1998x6 -- May 06, 1998 -- Spree Killers 1998x7 -- May 27, 1998 -- Framed 1998x8 -- Jul 01, 1998 -- Dead Woman Walking: The Karla Faye Tucker Story 1998x9 -- Jul 08, 1998 -- Hunting Bambi: The Laurie Bembenek Story 1998x10 -- Aug 02, 1998 -- Charles Whitman: Austin Sniper 1998x11 -- Aug 12, 1998 -- Marriage and Murder 1998x12 -- Oct 07, 1998 -- Hunt for the Unabomber 1998x13 -- Oct 14, 1998 -- Green Beret Murder Mystery 1998x14 -- Oct 19, 1998 -- Heidi Fleiss 1998x15 -- Oct 28, 1998 -- High Crimes and Misdemeanors 1998x16 -- Nov 18, 1998 -- Death Row Prostitute: Aileen Wuornos 1998x17 -- Dec 02, 1998 -- Selena: Murder of a Star 1998x18 -- Dec 23, 1998 -- Fall From Grace 1998x19 -- Dec 30, 1998 -- A Civil Action
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 1999 -- 34 Episodes
1999x1 -- Jan 05, 1999 -- The Sinatra Kidnapping 1999x2 -- Jan 20, 1999 -- The Larry Flynt Story: Hustling the First Amendment 1999x3 -- Feb 07, 1999 -- Mark Chapman 1999x4 -- Feb 20, 1999 -- A Teenage Murder Mystery 1999x5 -- Feb 21, 1999 -- Leopold and Loeb 1999x6 -- Feb 21, 1999 -- Leonard Lake and Charles Ng 1999x7 -- Mar 07, 1999 -- Body in the Trunk Murders 1999x8 -- Mar 07, 1999 -- Gary Heidnik and Jeffrey Dahmer 1999x9 -- Mar 24, 1999 -- A Woman Scorned: The Betty Broderick Story 1999x10 -- Apr 04, 1999 -- Gaston Dominici and the Drummond Murders 1999x11 -- Apr 11, 1999 -- Judge Joe Peel 1999x12 -- Apr 21, 1999 -- A Murder in Greenwich: The Martha Moxley Case 1999x13 -- May 09, 1999 -- John Duffy: Railway Killer 1999x14 -- May 09, 1999 -- Ma Barker and Other Public Enemies 1999x15 -- May 23, 1999 -- Henry Lee Lucas 1999x16 -- Jun 06, 1999 -- Butch Defeo 1999x17 -- Jun 06, 1999 -- Graham Young: Compulsive Poisoner 1999x18 -- Jun 14, 1999 -- Justice Denied: The Hurricane Carter Story 1999x19 -- Jun 16, 1999 -- Justice Denied: Trial and Error 1999x20 -- Jun 30, 1999 -- The Perfect Murder: The Shannon Mohr Story 1999x21 -- Jul 07, 1999 -- Body of Evidence: The Tom Capano Trial 1999x22 -- Jul 21, 1999 -- Justice Denied: The Wrong Place, the Wrong Time 1999x23 -- Aug 04, 1999 -- Who Killed the Candy Heiress? The Helen Brach Story 1999x24 -- Aug 11, 1999 -- Lethal Injection: The Hospital Murders 1999x25 -- Aug 25, 1999 -- Till Death Do Us Part: The Barbara Stager Story 1999x26 -- Sep 01, 1999 -- Jonesboro Schoolyard Ambush 1999x27 -- Sep 22, 1999 -- Drowning in Lies: The Trial of Edward Post 1999x28 -- Sep 29, 1999 -- Rape in Connecticut: The Alex Kelly Story 1999x29 -- Oct 06, 1999 -- Duty, Honor...and Murder 1999x30 -- Oct 27, 1999 -- It's Not My Fault: Strange Defenses 1999x31 -- Nov 03, 1999 -- Vigilante Dad 1999x32 -- Nov 07, 1999 -- Donald Merrett: The Murderous Buccaneer 1999x33 -- Nov 24, 1999 -- Sister Against Sister: The Twin Murder Plot 1999x34 -- Dec 08, 1999 -- Payback for a Bully
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 2000 -- 25 Episodes
2000x1 -- Jan 05, 2000 -- Blueprint for a Murder 2000x2 -- Jan 16, 2000 -- Roy Fontaine: Deadly Butler 2000x3 -- Feb 02, 2000 -- A Parent's Nightmare 2000x4 -- Feb 20, 2000 -- Dr. John Bodkin Adams 2000x5 -- Feb 23, 2000 -- Death Row Radical: Mumia Abu-Jamal 2000x6 -- Feb 23, 2000 -- Gainesville Murderer 2000x7 -- Mar 15, 2000 -- Getting Away with Murder 2000x8 -- Mar 22, 2000 -- Murder in a College Town 2000x9 -- Mar 29, 2000 -- The Life and Death of Teena Brandon 2000x10 -- Apr 12, 2000 -- Dancing, Drugs and Murder 2000x11 -- Apr 19, 2000 -- The Trial of Louise Woodward 2000x12 -- May 10, 2000 -- Deadly Magnolia 2000x13 -- May 24, 2000 -- Oil, Money and Murder 2000x14 -- Jun 07, 2000 -- The Killer Within 2000x15 -- Jun 11, 2000 -- Donald Hume 2000x16 -- Jun 21, 2000 -- Kill Thy Neighbor 2000x17 -- Jul 05, 2000 -- The Wife Who Knew Too Much 2000x18 -- Aug 09, 2000 -- When a Child Kills 2000x19 -- Aug 16, 2000 -- Free to Murder Again 2000x20 -- Sep 20, 2000 -- The California Killing Field 2000x21 -- Oct 01, 2000 -- DeFeo and Benson: Inheritance Killers 2000x22 -- Oct 17, 2000 -- Murder on a Reservation 2000x23 -- Nov 28, 2000 -- Dangerous Medicine 2000x24 -- Dec 10, 2000 -- Dr. Buck Ruxton 2000x25 -- Dec 19, 2000 -- A Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 2001 -- 22 Episodes
2001x1 -- Jan 31, 2001 -- Hiding in Plain Sight: Tales of a Fugitive 2001x2 -- Feb 21, 2001 -- Mother on Death Row 2001x3 -- Mar 04, 2001 -- William Joyce, Lord Haw Haw 2001x4 -- Mar 07, 2001 -- The Atlanta Child Murders 2001x5 -- Mar 14, 2001 -- The Erin Brockovich Story 2001x6 -- Apr 11, 2001 -- Who Wants to Kill a Millionaire? 2001x7 -- Apr 25, 2001 -- Dealing with the Devil 2001x8 -- May 23, 2001 -- Matthew Shepard 2001x9 -- Jun 06, 2001 -- A Son's Confession 2001x10 -- Jun 20, 2001 -- Lying Eyes 2001x11 -- Jul 22, 2001 -- Sir Harry Oakes & the Bahamas Murder Mystery 2001x12 -- Jul 25, 2001 -- Shotgun Justice 2001x13 -- Aug 08, 2001 -- Raised on Hate 2001x14 -- Aug 08, 2001 -- Shattered Innocence: The Fells Acres Abuse Case 2001x15 -- Sep 09, 2001 -- The City-Killer Gangs 2001x16 -- Sep 19, 2001 -- Marijuana and Murder 2001x17 -- Oct 10, 2001 -- The Boy Who Saw Too Much 2001x18 -- Oct 17, 2001 -- Conspiracy to Kill: The Rae Carruth Story 2001x19 -- Nov 14, 2001 -- Like Mother, Like Son: Sante and Kenny Kimes 2001x20 -- Nov 28, 2001 -- The Disappearance of Madalyn Murray O'Hair 2001x21 -- Dec 12, 2001 -- Eliminating the Competition 2001x22 -- Dec 19, 2001 -- Death in a Small Town
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 2002 -- 18 Episodes
2002x1 -- Jan 02, 2002 -- Millions of Reasons to Kill 2002x2 -- Jan 09, 2002 -- A Mother's Story of Murder 2002x3 -- Feb 06, 2002 -- The Girl in the Box 2002x4 -- Mar 06, 2002 -- Driven to Kill 2002x5 -- Mar 20, 2002 -- Who is the Lipstick Killer? 2002x6 -- Apr 03, 2002 -- The Cult Murders 2002x7 -- Apr 24, 2002 -- An Execution in Doubt 2002x8 -- Jun 05, 2002 -- Brutal Revenge 2002x9 -- Jun 12, 2002 -- Suicide by Execution 2002x10 -- Jun 19, 2002 -- The Witness and the Hitman 2002x11 -- Jul 10, 2002 -- While the Children Slept 2002x12 -- Jul 31, 2002 -- The Monster Inside 2002x13 -- Aug 07, 2002 -- We, the Jury: 10th Anniversary Show 2002x14 -- Sep 04, 2002 -- Vanished 2002x15 -- Sep 25, 2002 -- Crib Death 2002x16 -- Oct 16, 2002 -- The Black Widow of Vegas 2002x17 -- Oct 30, 2002 -- In the Hands of a Child 2002x18 -- Dec 04, 2002 -- Justifiable Homicide?
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 2003 -- 25 Episodes
2003x1 -- Jan 08, 2003 -- Who Killed Hannah Hill? 2003x2 -- Jan 15, 2003 -- The Andrea Yates Story 2003x3 -- Jan 29, 2003 -- A Mother's Betrayal 2003x4 -- Mar 05, 2003 -- A Questionable Doctor 2003x5 -- Mar 19, 2003 -- A Murder Before Homecoming 2003x6 -- Apr 02, 2003 -- To Save Their Souls 2003x7 -- Apr 13, 2003 -- The Story of Al Capone 2003x8 -- Apr 23, 2003 -- Shamed Into Confession 2003x9 -- May 28, 2003 -- Death of a Bride 2003x10 -- Jun 04, 2003 -- Mail Order Murder 2003x11 -- Jun 11, 2003 -- The Corcoran Eight 2003x12 -- Jul 16, 2003 -- The Central Park Jogger Case: What Went Wrong? 2003x13 -- Jul 23, 2003 -- Murder Online 2003x14 -- Aug 06, 2003 -- The San Francisco Dog Mauling 2003x15 -- Aug 13, 2003 -- Mystery at Sea 2003x16 -- Aug 27, 2003 -- Don't Mess with Texas 2003x17 -- Sep 10, 2003 -- Shots in the Dark 2003x18 -- Sep 24, 2003 -- The Wells Fargo Heist 2003x19 -- Oct 08, 2003 -- Mistaken Identity 2003x20 -- Oct 29, 2003 -- The Yosemite Killer 2003x21 -- Nov 12, 2003 -- Blood Brothers: The Derek and Alex King Case 2003x22 -- Nov 26, 2003 -- Murder on the Boardwalk 2003x23 -- Dec 10, 2003 -- For Love or Money 2003x24 -- Dec 10, 2003 -- What the Girl Saw 2003x25 -- Dec 24, 2003 -- Another Man's Crime
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 2004 -- 30 Episodes
2004x1 -- Jan 07, 2004 -- A Deadly Dose 2004x2 -- Feb 04, 2004 -- Case of Robert Blake 2004x3 -- Feb 18, 2004 -- Murder by Mercedes 2004x4 -- Mar 10, 2004 -- The Happy Face Killer 2004x5 -- Mar 17, 2004 -- Playing with Fire 2004x6 -- Apr 07, 2004 -- Traces in Blood 2004x7 -- Apr 21, 2004 -- The Excedrin Killings 2004x8 -- May 05, 2004 -- A Soldier's Secret 2004x9 -- May 12, 2004 -- Blood Relations 2004x10 -- May 26, 2004 -- Sins of a Priest: The John Geoghan Story 2004x11 -- Jun 09, 2004 -- Under Suspicion: The Case of Catherine Shelton 2004x12 -- Jun 23, 2004 -- Thrill Killers 2004x13 -- Jul 07, 2004 -- Stacey's Story 2004x14 -- Jul 14, 2004 -- The Black Widower 2004x15 -- Jul 21, 2004 -- Murder and Mrs. B. 2004x16 -- Aug 04, 2004 -- Murder in Paradise 2004x17 -- Aug 18, 2004 -- Child's Play, Deadly Play 2004x18 -- Sep 22, 2004 -- Double Life, Double Murder 2004x19 -- Sep 29, 2004 -- The Doctor's Wife 2004x20 -- Oct 09, 2004 -- Gangbusters Al Capone 2004x21 -- Oct 20, 2004 -- The Bully of Toulon 2004x22 -- Oct 27, 2004 -- Daughter Dearest 2004x23 -- Nov 03, 2004 -- A Model Murder 2004x24 -- Nov 10, 2004 -- The Susan Smith Story: A Mother's Confession 2004x25 -- Nov 17, 2004 -- Who Whacked Zack 2004x26 -- Nov 24, 2004 -- Love Triangle 2004x27 -- Dec 01, 2004 -- Serial Wife 2004x28 -- Dec 08, 2004 -- The Wrath of Mrs. Jones 2004x29 -- Dec 22, 2004 -- Accused in Appalachia 2004x30 -- Dec 29, 2004 -- The Perfect Wife
AMERICAN JUSTICE - Season 2005 -- 15 Episodes
2005x1 -- Jan 26, 2005 -- The Scott Peterson Trial 2005x2 -- Feb 16, 2005 -- A Warrant to Kill 2005x3 -- Mar 16, 2005 -- Countdown to an Execution 2005x4 -- Apr 06, 2005 -- The Brit and the Bodybuilder 2005x5 -- Apr 27, 2005 -- Murder in the Court 2005x6 -- May 25, 2005 -- What Happened to Carrie Culberson? 2005x7 -- May 26, 2005 -- Bad Medicine 2005x8 -- Jun 15, 2005 -- A Confession in Question 2005x9 -- Jun 09, 2005 -- The Bridge Murders 2005x10 -- Jul 23, 2005 -- The Brothers Kimble 2005x11 -- Aug 13, 2005 -- Hamptons Murder Mystery 2005x12 -- Aug 20, 2005 -- The Deer Hunting Murder 2005x13 -- Sep 10, 2005 -- Blood on the Staircase 2005x14 -- Oct 01, 2005 -- Lies of a Friend 2005x15 -- Dec 10, 2005 -- Palm Beach Law
