American Justice

- Season 12

(1992)

The 1999 rape and murder case of 18 year old Hannah Hill of Akron, Ohio is examined by American Justice. From the very beginning the investigation of her disappearance and then discovery of her body is grossly mishandled. Prosecutors were still able to build a murder case against another Akron teenager, Denny Ross. But that too was bungled and ended in a mistrial in 2000. However, in 2012 Denny Ross was convicted of the murder of Hannah Hill, 13 years after her murder.

On June 20, 2001, while suffering from severe postpartum depression and psychosis, Andrea Yates drowns all five of her children in a bathtub. American Justice examines her life and the events leading up to the tragic deaths of her children.

Kathleen Bush earned the nation's sympathy and admiration as she struggled to care for her grievously sick child. 8 year-old Jennifer was afflicted, her mother claimed, with a variety of complaints, including a rare intestinal condition that had required over 200 hospital stays and nearly 40 surgeries. With no health insurance, Jennifer's family was devastated financially. Largely through the publicity her mother drew to her plight, Jennifer became the "poster child" for health care reform in the early 1990s. Kathy Bush courted so much attention for her chronically ...

American Justice reviews the case of Stan Naramore, a small town Kansas doctor accused of attempting to murder a 78 year old woman and of killing an 81 year old man while treating them for their illnesses that had reached their end stages.

The small town of Waurika, Okla. is rocked by the sexual assault and murder of a 16 year old girl at the hands of three of her acquaintances. American Justice examines the case with interviews from her mother and one of the accused.

After murdering his mother, wife, and his three children in 1971, John List eludes authorities for 18 years. Then in 1989 the television show Americas Most Wanted airs a segment on him that leads to his capture. American Justice interviews both List and Walsh to gain insight as to why he would commit such a heinous crime.

The life of gangster Al Capone is chronicled.

In 1981 a Catholic priest is found murdered in a seedy motel room in Odessa, Texas. One year later James Harry Reyos confesses to murdering Father Patrick Ryan. But did he really commit the crime? American Justice takes an in depth look.

The murder of Gladys Ricart in 1999 by her former unfaithful boyfriend, Agustin Garcia, on the day of her wedding to James Preston.

Recalling the 2000 murder of mail-order bride Anastasia Solovieva and the first-degree murder conviction of her husband, Indle Gifford King Jr.

Recalling the 1994 investigation into allegations by Corcoran State Prison guards that fellow officers staged gladiator-style fights between inmates.

A report on the Central Park Jogger case and the overturning of the convictions of the five men initially charged with the crime following a 2002 confession by Matias Reyes that he was the lone rapist.

Recalling the 1999 murder of Bruce Miller as part of a conspiracy between his wife and her lover, who met online.

On January 26th, 2001, 33-year-old Diane Whipple was mauled to death by her neighbors' dogs in the hallway of her San Francisco apartment building. The brutal attack shocked residents of the city, and Whipple, young, prosperous and gay, quickly captured the public's sympathy. But what was first seen as a tragic accident soon took on a more sinister tone. The dogs' owners, Marjorie Knoller and Robert Noel, husband-and-wife attorneys, began making statements that seemed to suggest Whipple herself might have been to blame for the attack. And when information surfaced ...

The case of Alvin Latham, who was acquitted of charges that he murdered a man who died during a shipwreck.

American Justice examines the case of Greg Ott. He was convicted in the 1978 shooting death of Texas Ranger Bobby Doherty during a drug raid in Denton, Texas. Ott, a model prisoner has been trying to win his freedom through parole for years, proclaiming the shooting was accidental and that he wasn't trying to shoot the Texas Ranger.

The case of murderer Jamil Al-Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown, who was convicted of killing a deputy sheriff in 2000.

November 28, 1994, an unmarked Wells Fargo armored van is found abandoned in a church parking lot with a dead Wells Fargo driver inside. Eleven hours earlier it had been loaded with over a half a million dollars and stopped for a pick-up at a Dillard's department store in Phoenix, AR. American Justice retraces the investigation that led to the arrest of three Arizona men responsible for the crime.

In the spring of 1997, 16-year-old Terence Garner was arrested and charged with armed robbery and attempted murder. With no physical evidence liking him to the crime, the North Carolina teen was convicted on the basis of eyewitness testimony. Just days after the conviction, a different Terrance confessed to the crime. Despite the confession, Garner spent five years behind bars waiting to be acquitted. Today Garner is a free man and only one eyewitness remains vocally convinced of his guilt, the woman he was accused of shootings. The ordeal began when three men robbed ...

The case of serial killer Cary Stayner, who murdered individuals at Yosemite National Park in 1999.

The case of brothers Alex and Derek King who plead to third-degree murder in the death of their father, Terry King.

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.

The case of Celeste Beard Johnson, convicted of orchestrating the 1999 murder of her husband, Texas millionaire Steven Beard Jr.

Examining the case of Clarence Elkins, convicted of the 1998 murder of his mother-in-law and rape of his niece. The niece, who testified against her uncle, has since recanted her statement.

On August 11, 1989 the lifeless body of 29 year old Vickie Cushman is found in her Warwick, RI apartment after she fails to show up for work. Investigators soon focus on 26 year old Jeffery Scott Hornoff, an officer with the Warwick Police Department. American Justice looks at this case and how Hornoff was wrongly convicted of Cushman's murder, and how if it weren't for the real murderer coming forward and confessing he might still be in prison today.