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Mass Murder: An American Tragedy
Charles Whitman kills his mother and wife, then fires from a University of Texas tower.
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The Hostage Takers
Prominent cases show how police deal with hostage situations.
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The Wrong Man
Profiles of people who have been falsely accused and imprisoned.
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Great Heists
In 1950 the Brinks robbery nets $2.8
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Fugitives
How the American legal system deals with fugitives, focusing on John List, a killer who eluded the FBI for more than a decade.
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Death Penalty
Capital punishment; Caryl Chessman; Gary Gilmore; Sister Helen Prejean ministers to death-row inmates.
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Juvenile Justice
Youthful offenders; teens shoot British tourist.
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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.
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War Crimes
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War Crimes
Nuremberg, My Lai and other war-crime trials.
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Satan, Rituals and Abuse
Cases of psychological manipulation.
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Lorena Bobbitt: Women and Violence
Increasing violence in society; battered women.
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Prison Justice
Violence and behavior codes in America's prisons.
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Pleading Insane
John Hinckley Jr.; Daniel Sickles kills Francis Scott Key's son; the McNaughton rule; Kimberly Martin.
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Cops on Trial
Frank Serpico and Robert Leuci uncover corruption in the New York Police Department.
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Fighting Words: The First Amendment
The Supreme Court broadly defines free speech; Nazis march in Skokie, Ill.
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Jim Bakker: Crime in the Name of God
Con artists who use religion for gain.
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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.
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Reginald Denny: Jury Under Siege
Media pressure, fear and prejudice may affect jury decisions.
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Attack at Waco
How the authorities may have misjudged David Koresh and the situation at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas.
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Sex, Lies and Harassment
The Anita Hill/Clarence Thomas case brings sexual-harassment issues under scrutiny.
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Gangbusters
New York gang moves into Boston; Iowa street gang is implicated in a murder.
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The Attica Riot: Chaos Behind Bars
Prison uprisings; 1971 Attica riot; New Mexico State Penitentiary.
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Private Eyes
Private investigators are the cowboys of law enforcement.
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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.
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The Sting
Sting operations; Marion Barry; John DeLorean.
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Riot: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial
Events leading up to Chicago's 1968 anti-war riots; the "conspiracy to commit riot" trials.
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Divorce Wars
An examination of the evolution of divorce in the United States.