American Justice

On Christmas Eve 1991 while riding her bike on the Big Island of Hawaii, Dana Ireland is run down, kidnapped, brutally beaten, raped, and then left for dead.

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18 year old Stacey Lannert shoots and kills her father as he is laying on the couch. She claims that she did it because of years of sexual abuse by her father. Prosecutors disagree, believing it was for financial gain because she stood to inherit almost $500,000.

Three cases of vigilantism in the U.S., the 1984 Bernhard Goetz subway shooting in New York City; the 1984 murder of an alleged child molester; and the 1987 torching of a Detroit crack house.

When a young couple is murdered while vacationing in Ocean City, Maryland, investigators soon learn that another young married couple by the name of Benjamin and Erika Sifrit are involved...

Details the thrill kills by Kosta Fotopoulos and Diedre Hunt, extramarital lovers, in 1989 Daytona, FL, while videotaping the crime. Includes offenses of blackmail, counterfeiting, and solicitation for murder of his wife.

After a night of partying with a friend, 42 year old Brian Eftenoff of Phoenix, AZ comes home to find his 30 year old wife Judi unconscious and near death. She dies minutes later despite efforts to revive her. After an investigation police make Brian their prime suspect, believing that he forced his wife to take a lethal dose of cocaine. American Justice takes and in-depth look at the case, including a telephone interview with Eftenoff from prison.

American Justice examines famous kidnapping cases. First, the 1984 abduction of world-class bi-athlete and Olympic hopeful Kari Swenson. Then the 1992 kidnapping of Exxon International executive Sidney Reso by Arthur and Irene Seale. And finally, the 1985 parental abduction of Paula and Jojo Palencia by their mother Susan.

In 1986 Kenneth Richey is accused of arson and murder when 2 year old Cynthia Collins dies in an apartment fire. Even though Richey fiercely proclaimed his innocence, he was convicted and sentenced to death.

American Justice takes a look at the stand off between the ATF and the Branch Davidians lasting 51 days and culminating in a fire and the deaths of nearly 80 people.

A look at the federal program of protecting and relocating witnesses through the stories of three infamous participants in the program, Dominic Montiglio, Billie Beetie and Salvatore 'Sammy the Bull' Gravano.

A profile of several women who were intimately involved with mob leaders. Included are Arlyne Weiss-Brinkman, Antoinette Giancana, and Virginia Hill.

A look into the murder for hire business. Includes a businessman looking to have his partner murdered, the cartel looking to avoid potential prosecution, and the mafia's infamous Murder, Inc.

When a woman is found brutally murdered in her workplace, a long list of suspects and a lack of DNA evidence means prosecutors must persuade a jury to send a man to prison based on circumstantial evidence alone.

The conclusion of American Justice's look at organized crime's involvement in the building of Las Vegas and how it has evolved over time.

A look at how organized crime built their, "Niagara Falls of money" in Las Vegas in the 1930's and 40's.

A string of murders targeting prominent law officials leaves a small Texas town gripped in fear and investigators in a race against time to stop the killer before he strikes again.

When two separate cases run cold for women who have been abducted and murdered, it takes the courage of a third unsuspecting victim, to unveil a killer hiding in plain sight.

Model and mother Samira Frasch loved the spotlight, but when her glamorous life ends unexpectedly in her mansion pool, investigators turn their eyes toward the web of heated relationships surrounding her family.

After a devoted mother and her two children vanish suddenly, investigators work to expose the truth behind why they never came home.