American Justice

An examination of the case of Howard Mechanic, who went into hiding, beginning in the '70s, to avoid a five-year sentence incurred during an anti-Vietnam War protest. He was arrested in 2000 in Arizona, where he was running for Scottsdale City Council.

A report on the case of Darlie Routier, who is on death row for the murder of her two sons in 1996.

Profiling William Joyce, the former deputy leader of the British Union of Fascists, who fled to Germany to work for the Nazis until he was captured in 1945 and hanged.

A look at the “Atlanta Child Murders,” in which 29 blacks, mostly boys, were slain between 1979 and '81. Also: controversy surrounding the conviction of Wayne Williams for the murders.

A profile of Erin Brockovich, whose involvement in the landmark legal battle with the Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation was the basis of the film starring Julia Roberts. Included: interviews with Brockovich, lawyer Ed Masry and plaintiffs in the case.

An investigation into the 1998 death of millionaire Lonnie Binion, who was a member of a Las Vegas gaming family.

Examining the case of Marion Pruett, who went on a killing spree while in the Government witness-protection program. Included: interviews with his victims' relatives.

An examination of the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming, where the 21-year-old gay student was beaten and tied to a fence, discovered 18 hours later and died five days afterwards. Included: interviews with Shepard's mother; and the prosecuting and defending attorneys in the trial that convicted Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney.

An examination of the case of Peter Reilly, whose 1974 conviction for murdering his mother was later overturned.

An examination of the case of Ronald Cotton, who served 11 years for a 1984 rape conviction until DNA tests proved his innocence.

The unsolved 1943 murder of Sir Harry Oakes. Included: his son-in-law's arrest; and suspected Mafia involvement.

The case of Michael Pardue, who was released from prison after serving 27 years on flawed murder convictions and after three escapes.

A profile of Chevie Kehoe, a white supremacist who engaged in criminal behavior in his quest to form an Aryan People's Republic. Included: the robbery-murder of an Arkansas family in 1996.

Examining the 1984 child-abuse case at the Fells Acres Day School in Malden, Mass., where 10 children were abused.

A chronicle of the rise of major crime syndicates in America.

The case of David Ronald Chandler, who, in 1991, became the first person sentenced to death under the 1988 Anti-Drug Abuse Act, but whose sentence was commuted to life by former President Clinton on his last day in office.

A report on the 1999 killing of 8-year-old witness Leroy Brown Jr. to keep him from testifying in a murder case.

A report on the case of former NFL player Rae Carruth, who was convicted of conspiracy in the 1999 killing of his pregnant girlfriend.

A report on mother and son killers Sante and Kenny Kimes

A chronicle of how the 1995 disappearance of American Atheists leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair, along with her son and granddaughter, was discovered to be a murder.

Examined: the 1998 murder of Tennessee state representative Tommy Burks by political opponent Byron Looper.

The case of Alvin Ridley, who was acquitted in 1999 of charges that he killed his wife in 1997. Host: