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Episode list

American Justice
The California Killing Field
Tue, Sep 19, 2000
  • S9.E20
  • The California Killing Field
In the early to mid 1980's Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are believed to have raped, tortured, and murdered over a dozen women at Lake's remote cabin in Calaveras County, California. Investigators found a torture chamber, videotapes of Lake and Ng torturing a couple of victims, and over 40 pounds of charred bones at the cabin. Lake committed suicide before he could be charged for the crimes. Charles Ng, a native of Hong Kong and former U.S Marine, eluded prosecution for 13 years, but is now serving his sentence on death row. American Justice looks at the heinous nature of the crimes committed by Lake and Ng and how Ng was able to avoid prosecution for so long.
9.2 /10
The Wife Who Knew Too Much
Wed, Jul 05, 2000
  • S9.E17
  • The Wife Who Knew Too Much
On November 29th, 1992 Sara Tokars is shot to death in front of her two young children by a man who had accosted them at their home in Marietta, GA. After her death her husband Fred Tokars, who was a defense attorney, started to exhibit strange behavior which led investigators to take a closer look at his possible involvement. American Justice takes a close look at the case that led to investigators accusing Fred Tokars of murder for hire, and then his subsequent conviction of the murder of his wife.
8.8 /10
Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg
Mon, Dec 18, 2000
  • S9.E25
  • Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg
The tragic and disturbing death of 6 year old Lisa Steinberg is profiled by American Justice. The horrific abuse that was suffered by Lisa Steinberg and her adoptive mother Hedda Nussbaum at the hands of Joel Steinberg became a media focal point in 1987.
8.4 /10
Blueprint for Murder

S9.E1 ∙ Blueprint for Murder

Tue, Jan 04, 2000
Examining how the 1993 murders of a Maryland boy, his mother and nurse sparked a lawsuit against the publishers of "Hit Man: A Technical Manual for Independent Contractors," an instruction book used by the killer. The lawsuit has also inspired intense debates about the First Amendment rights of the publisher.
0 /10
Roy Fontaine: Deadly Butler

S9.E2 ∙ Roy Fontaine: Deadly Butler

Sat, Jan 15, 2000
Examining the crimes of convicted murderer Roy Fontaine, and the trail of death he left behind in the late '70s as he posed as a sophisticated butler in households throughout Britain.
0 /10
A Parent's Nightmare

S9.E3 ∙ A Parent's Nightmare

Wed, Feb 02, 2000
On September 10th, 1988 7 year old Jaclyn Dowaliby is abducted from her parents home in Midlothian, Illinois sometime during the night. Four days later her body was found, and based on the results of a poor police investigation her parents David and Cynthia are charged with her murder. Cynthia was acquitted of the crime, but David was convicted only to have his conviction overturned several years later. American Justice looks at this tragic case that remains unsolved as of May 2015.
8 /10
Dr. John Bodkin Adams

S9.E4 ∙ Dr. John Bodkin Adams

Sat, Feb 19, 2000
The case of John Bodkin Adams (1899-1983), a British physician suspected of killing patients after they wrote wills naming him as their beneficiary. Adams was tried for murder in 1957, but was acquitted for lack of evidence. Host: Bill Kurtis.
0 /10
Death Row Radical: Mumia Abu-Jamal

S9.E5 ∙ Death Row Radical: Mumia Abu-Jamal

Tue, Feb 22, 2000
The case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a radio journalist and former member of the Black Panthers who was convicted in 1982 of the 1981 murder of police officer Daniel Faulkner.
0 /10
Gainesville Murderer

S9.E6 ∙ Gainesville Murderer

Mon, Feb 22, 1999
Chronicling the hunt for the killer of five college students at the University of Florida in Gainesville. After one suspect was cleared, the police captured Danny Rolling, who was convicted of the August 1990 murders in 1994.
0 /10
Getting Away with Murder

S9.E7 ∙ Getting Away with Murder

Tue, Mar 14, 2000
American Justice examines the 1988 murder of Brenda Sue Schaefer by her boyfriend Mel Ignatow in Louisville, KY. Ignatow was acquitted of her murder despite a damning testimony from a former girlfriend. He was later sentenced to prison for perjury in the case and admitted in court that he had in fact killed Schaefer. Despite this revelation he could not be retired for murder because it would have been Double Jeopardy.
0 /10
Murder in a College Town

S9.E8 ∙ Murder in a College Town

Tue, Mar 21, 2000
Recalling the 1990 killings of five students at the University of Florida in Gainesville. All five were murdered within a 48-hour period, and their killer, Danny Rolling, was convicted in 1994.
0 /10
The Life and Death of Teena Brandon

S9.E9 ∙ The Life and Death of Teena Brandon

Tue, Mar 21, 2000
Recalling the 1993 rape and murder of Teena Brandon, a Nebraska teen who, it was revealed, had been posing as a male named Brandon Teena. Teena's story was told in the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry."
7.9 /10
The Trial of Louise Woodward

S9.E11 ∙ The Trial of Louise Woodward

Wed, Apr 19, 2000
The 1997 trial of 19 year old British au pair Louise Woodward is the focus of American Justice. Woodward was accused of a form of child abuse known as "shaken baby syndrome" in the death of 8 month old Matthew Eappen in Boston. Initially convicted of second-degree murder, that verdict was later set aside in favor of involuntary manslaughter and she was released with time served.
7.8 /10
Deadly Magnolia: Patricia Allanson

S9.E12 ∙ Deadly Magnolia: Patricia Allanson

Wed, May 10, 2000
American Justice examines the case of Patricia Allanson. In 1974 Allanson goaded her husband into killing his parents. Then after he was sentenced to prison she set her sights on his grandparents by poisoning them, all in an effort to gain a half million dollar inheritance. After serving a short prison term she returned to her evil scheming ways by stealing and poisoning an elderly couple that she was caring for, but this time she enlisted the help of her daughter.
8.3 /10
Oil, Money and Murder

S9.E13 ∙ Oil, Money and Murder

Tue, May 23, 2000
American Justice takes an objective look at one of the most famous murder cases in Texas history. Cullen Davis, who was an heir to his father's massive Texas oil fortune and at one time was worth an estimated half a billion dollars, was charged with the shooting death of his 12 year old step-daughter and his wife's lover on August 2nd, 1976. On the same evening he also allegedly shot his wife and a family friend, they didn't die from their wounds and implicated Davis as the shooter. Davis was acquitted of the murders and the case became the subject of several books, television shows, and a made for television movie.
0 /10
The Killer Within

S9.E14 ∙ The Killer Within

Tue, Jun 06, 2000
The case of Kathy Bonney, a Virginia woman murdered at the hands of her father, Tom Bonney. Bonney was found guilty in 1988, but his conviction was overturned in 1992 on appeal, pending a competency hearing.
0 /10
Donald Hume

S9.E15 ∙ Donald Hume

Sat, Jun 10, 2000
The case of Donald Hume, notorious British double murderer. After serving a sentence for being an accessory in a 1949 killing, Hume committed a murder in Switzerland that earned him a life sentence.
0 /10
Kill Thy Neighbor

S9.E16 ∙ Kill Thy Neighbor

Tue, Jun 20, 2000
On October 15th, 1988 Peggy Carr of Alturas, FL dies of Thallium poisoning. Tests show that her two sons also showed signs of Thallium poisoning. Immediately detectives suspect Peggy's husband Pye Carr of the horrible crime. But soon investigators start to shift their focus on to George Trepal, a neighbor with a genius level IQ and a self taught chemist. American Justice looks at the events leading to the murder conviction of George Trepal.
8.4 /10
The Wife Who Knew Too Much

S9.E17 ∙ The Wife Who Knew Too Much

Wed, Jul 05, 2000
On November 29th, 1992 Sara Tokars is shot to death in front of her two young children by a man who had accosted them at their home in Marietta, GA. After her death her husband Fred Tokars, who was a defense attorney, started to exhibit strange behavior which led investigators to take a closer look at his possible involvement. American Justice takes a close look at the case that led to investigators accusing Fred Tokars of murder for hire, and then his subsequent conviction of the murder of his wife.
8.8 /10
When a Child Kills

S9.E18 ∙ When a Child Kills

Tue, Aug 08, 2000
"When a Child Kills." A report on Nathaniel Abraham, who at age 13 became the youngest American to be tried as an adult for first-degree murder, a crime he committed at age 11. Included: an interview with Abraham's mother.
0 /10
Free to Murder Again

S9.E19 ∙ Free to Murder Again

Tue, Aug 15, 2000
A look at convicted Texas killer Kenneth Allen McDuff, who was sentenced to death for murdering three people, later paroled, then sent back to death row and executed for killing again.
8.1 /10
The California Killing Field

S9.E20 ∙ The California Killing Field

Tue, Sep 19, 2000
In the early to mid 1980's Leonard Lake and Charles Ng are believed to have raped, tortured, and murdered over a dozen women at Lake's remote cabin in Calaveras County, California. Investigators found a torture chamber, videotapes of Lake and Ng torturing a couple of victims, and over 40 pounds of charred bones at the cabin. Lake committed suicide before he could be charged for the crimes. Charles Ng, a native of Hong Kong and former U.S Marine, eluded prosecution for 13 years, but is now serving his sentence on death row. American Justice looks at the heinous nature of the crimes committed by Lake and Ng and how Ng was able to avoid prosecution for so long.
9.2 /10
Murder on a Reservation

S9.E22 ∙ Murder on a Reservation

Mon, Oct 16, 2000
The case of Native American activist Leonard Peltier, who is serving two consecutive life sentences for the 1975 murder of two FBI agents on the Oglala Lakota Indian reservation in Pine Ridge, S.D.
0 /10
Dangerous Medicine

S9.E23 ∙ Dangerous Medicine

Mon, Nov 27, 2000
The case of Dr. Bruce Rowan, who killed his wife in 1998 but was found innocent by reason of insanity.
0 /10
Dr. Buck Ruxton

S9.E24 ∙ Dr. Buck Ruxton

Sat, Dec 09, 2000
The grisly Ruxton case begins with the discovery of two dismembered bodies in Scotland.
0 /10
Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg

S9.E25 ∙ Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg

Mon, Dec 18, 2000
The tragic and disturbing death of 6 year old Lisa Steinberg is profiled by American Justice. The horrific abuse that was suffered by Lisa Steinberg and her adoptive mother Hedda Nussbaum at the hands of Joel Steinberg became a media focal point in 1987.
8.4 /10
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