''American Justice'' is an American

criminal justice Criminal justice is the delivery of justice to those who have been accused of committing crimes. The criminal justice system is a series of government agencies and institutions. Goals include the Rehabilitation (penology), rehabilitation of o ...

television program airing on the

A&E Network A&E is an American basic cable network, the flagship television property of A&E Networks. The network was originally founded in 1984 as the Arts & Entertainment Network, initially focusing on fine arts, documentaries, television drama, dramas, and ...

. From 1992–2005, the show was hosted by television reporter

Bill Kurtis Bill Kurtis (born William Horton Kuretich; September 21, 1940), is an American television journalist, television producer, narrator, and news anchor. Kurtis was studying to become a lawyer in the 1960s, when he was asked to fill in on a tempora ...

. The show features interesting or notable cases, such as the

murder of Selena Selena Quintanilla Pérez was an American singer who achieved international fame as a member of Selena y Los Dinos and for her subsequent solo career in both Spanish and English. Her father and manager, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., appointe ...

, Scarsdale Diet doctor murder, the

Hillside Stranglers The Hillside Strangler, later the Hillside Stranglers, is the media epithet for one, later discovered to be two, American serial killers who terrorized Los Angeles, California, between October 1977 and February 1978, with the nicknames originating ...

Matthew Shepard Matthew Wayne Shepard (December 1, 1976 – October 12, 1998) was a gay American student at the University of Wyoming who was beaten, tortured, and left to die near Laramie on the night of October 6, 1998. He was taken by rescuers to Pou ...

, and the

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heist, with the stories told by key players, such as police, lawyers, victims, and the perpetrators themselves. More than 250 episodes were produced in the original series, making it the longest-running documentary justice show on cable. The original series' final new episode aired on December 10, 2005. A new version debuted on August 20, 2021, with actor

Dennis Haysbert Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as baseball player Pedro Cerrano in the '' Major League'' film trilogy, Secret Service agent Tim Collin in the political thriller film '' Absolute Power'' ...

replacing Kurtis as narrator.

Episodes

Season 1

Season 2

Season 3

Season 4

Season 5

Season 6

Season 7

*70 Payback for a Bully :

Murder of Bobby Kent Bobby Kent (né Khayam; May 12, 1973 – July 14, 1993) was an Iranian-American man who was murdered by seven people, including his best friend, Martin Joseph "Marty" Puccio, Jr (born March 21, 1973). in Weston, Florida. The murder would be ada ...

*71 “It’s Not My Fault.”: Strange Defenses *72 Lethal Injection: The Hospital Murders *73 The Jonesboro Schoolyard Ambush *74 Sister against Sister: The Twin Murder Plot *75 Rape in Connecticut: The Alex Kelly Story *76 Duty, Honor...and Murder *77 A Parent's Nightmare *78 Death Row Radical:

Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal (born Wesley Cook; April 24, 1954) is an American political activist and journalist who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in 1982 for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. While on death r ...

*79 Dancing, Drugs, & Murder *80 Blueprint for Murder *81 The Killer Within: Murder of Kathy Bonney *82 The Trial Of

Louise Woodward Louise Woodward (born 1978) is a British former au pair, who at the age of 18 was accused of second degree murder but subsequently convicted of the involuntary manslaughter (reduced from the jury trial verdict) of eight-month-old Matthew Eappe ...

*83 Getting Away With Murder *84 Deadly Magnolia *85 Kill Thy Neighbor:

George Trepal George James Trepal (born January 23, 1949) is an American former chemist and computer programmer who was convicted in February 1991 of murdering his neighbor, Peggy Carr, and attempting to murder her family. He was convicted of poisoning the Carr ...

*86 The Life and Death of

Teena Brandon Brandon Teena (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American trans man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska by John Lotter and Tom Nissen.Note: – as Brandon Teena was ...

Season 8

*87 Oil, Money and Murder - The trials of Texas oilman

T. Cullen Davis Thomas Cullen Davis (born September 22, 1933) is an American former oil tycoon who is best known for being acquitted of murder and attempted murder in two high-profile trials during the 1970s. At the time of his first trial, Davis was believed to ...

*88 Free To Murder Again *89 The Wife Who Knew too Much *90 When a Child Kills *91 The California Killing Field *92 Murder on a Reservation *93 Dangerous Medicine? *94 A Son's Confession *95 Family Secret: The Death of Lisa Steinberg *96 Hiding In Plain Sight: Tales Of A Fugitive *97 A Mother On Death Row *98 The

Erin Brockovich Erin Brockovich (née Pattee; born June 22, 1960) is an American legal clerk, consumer advocate, and environmental activist who, despite her lack of education in the law, was instrumental in building a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Compan ...

Story *99 The Boy Who Saw Too Much *100 The

Atlanta Child Murders Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

*101 Who Wants to Kill a Millionaire (The

Ted Binion Lonnie Theodore Binion (November 28, 1943 – September 17, 1998), or Ted Binion, was a wealthy American gambling executive and one of the sons of famed Las Vegas casino magnate Benny Binion, owner of Binion's Horseshoe. Ted Binion's death has be ...

Silver Murder) *102 Shotgun Justice *103 Shattered Innocence: The Fells Acres Abuse Case *104 Raised On Hate *105 The

Story

Season 9

*106 Lying Eyes *107 Conspiracy to Kill: The

Rae Carruth Rae Theotis Carruth (born Rae Lamar Wiggins; January 20, 1974) is a former American football wide receiver, and convicted murderer. After playing college football at Colorado, Carruth was drafted in the first round of the 1997 NFL Draft by the ...

Story *108 Eliminating The Competition *109 Marijuana And Murder *110 Like Mother, Like Son: Sante and Kenny Kimes *111 The Girl In The Box *112 The Disappearance Of

Madalyn Murray O'Hair Madalyn Murray O'Hair (née Mays; April 13, 1919 – September 29, 1995) was an American activist supporting atheism and separation of church and state. In 1963 she founded American Atheists and served as its president until 1986, after which her ...

*113 A Mother's Story Of Murder *114 Death In A Small Town (Alvin Ridley) *115 Millions Of Reasons To Kill *116 Driven To Kill *117 The Cult Murders *118 Brutal Revenge *119 An Execution in Doubt *120 Suicide By Execution *121 The Witness and the Hitman *122 While the Children Slept

Season 10

*123 The Monster Inside *124 Vanished *125 Crib Death? *126 The Black Widow Of Vegas *127 In The Hands Of A Child *128 Who Killed

Hannah Hill Hannah or Hanna may refer to: People, biblical figures, and fictional characters * Hannah (name), a female given name of Hebrew origin * Hanna (Arabic name), a family and a male given name of Christian Arab origin * Hanna (Irish surname), a fa ...

? *129 Justifiable Homicide? *130 A Questionable Doctor *131 A Mother's Betrayal *132 The

Andrea Yates Andrea Pia Yates ( Kennedy; born July 2, 1964) is an American woman from Houston, Texas, who confessed to drowning her five children in their bathtub on June 20, 2001. She had severe postpartum depression, postpartum psychosis, and schizophreni ...

Story *133 A Murder before Homecoming (the

murder of Heather Rich The murder of Heather Rich was the 1996 child murder of a Waurika, Oklahoma 16-year-old by three local teenagers. After Rich's body was found, an investigation led to the trials and convictions of the three perpetrators. The murder and trials ...

) *134 Shots in the Dark *135 Shamed into Confession *136 Mistaken Identity *137 Mail Order Murder *138 The Corcoran Eight *139 To Save Their Souls *140 What the Girl Saw *141 Murder Online *142 Mystery at Sea

Season 11

*143 The San Francisco Dog Mauling *144 The

Central Park Jogger The Central Park jogger case (events also referenced as the Central Park Five Case) was a criminal case over the aggravated assault and rape of a white woman in Central Park in Manhattan, New York, on April 19, 1989, occurring at the same time a ...

Case: What Went Wrong? *145 The Wells Fargo Heist *146 Blood Brothers: The Derek and Alex King Case *147 The Yosemite Killer *148 Don't Mess with Texas *149 Another Man's Crime *150 Murder by Mercedes *151 For Love or Money *152 A Deadly Dose *153 Playing With Fire *154 The

Happy Face Killer Keith Hunter Jesperson (born April 6, 1955) is a Canadian-American serial killer who murdered at least eight women in the United States during the early 1990s. He was known as the "Happy Face Killer" because he drew smiley faces on his many lett ...

*155 Murder on the Boardwalk *156 The Case of

Robert Blake Robert Blake may refer to: Sportspeople * Bob Blake (American football) (1885–1962), American football player * Robbie Blake (born 1976), English footballer * Bob Blake (ice hockey) (1914–2008), American ice hockey player * Rob Blake (born 19 ...

*157 Traces in Blood *158 The Excedrin Killings *159 A Soldier's Secret *160 Daughter Dearest *161 Blood Relations

Season 12

*162 Thrill Killers *163 Sins of a Priest: The

John Geoghan John Joseph "Jack" Geoghan (; June4, 1935August23, 2003) was an American serial child rapist and Roman Catholic priest assigned to parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts. He was reassigned to several parish posts involving intera ...

Story *164 The Black Widower *165 Under Suspicion: The Case of Catherine Shelton *166 Stacey's Story *167 Murder in Paradise *168 Child's Play, Deadly Play *169 Murder & Mrs. B *170 The Wrath of Mrs. Jones *171 The Doctor's Wife *172 A Model Murder *173 Double Life, Double Murder *174 The Bully of Toulon *175 Love Triangle *176 Serial Wife *177 Who Whacked Zack? *178 Accused in Appalachia *179 The Brit and the Bodybuilder *180 Lies of a Friend *181 A Warrant to Kill

Season 13

*182 Palm Beach Law *183 The Deer Hunting Murder *184 The Perfect Wife *185 What Happened to Carrie Culberson *186 A Confession in Question *187 The

Scott Peterson Scott Lee Peterson (born October 24, 1972) is an American convicted murderer. In 2004, he was convicted of the first-degree murder of his wife, Laci, who was pregnant at the time, and the second-degree murder of their unborn son, Conner, in Mod ...

Trial *188 Murder in the Court *189 Countdown to an Execution *190 Blood on the Staircase *191 The Bridge Murders *192 Hamptons Murder Mystery *193 The Brothers Kimble

Specials

*Murder in a College Town *Special Why O. J. Simpson Won *Special The

Rosenbergs Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) and Ethel Rosenberg (; September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) were American citizens who were convicted of spying on behalf of the Soviet Union. The couple were convicted of providing top-secret i ...

*Special Who Killed the Candy Heiress?: The

Helen Brach Helen Voorhees Brach (born November 10, 1911 – disappeared February 17, 1977) was an American multimillionaire widow whose wealth had come from marrying into the Brachs, E. J. Brach & Sons Candy Company fortune; she endowed the Helen V. Brach F ...

Story *1600 Why O. J. Simpson Lost:: The Civil Trial *58930 Death in a Small Town *Special Who Is the Lipstick Killer *65535 Vigilante Dad

References

External links

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A&E's American Justice website
{{A&ENetwork Shows A&E (TV network) original programming 1992 American television series debuts English-language television shows 2005 American television series endings 2021 American television series debuts