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Previous Reports: 2000


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Nov. 11, 2000

Real Justice
(180 minutes) Homicides, drug arrests, car theft, assault and battery...it's all in a day's work for the prosecutors of Boston's criminal courts, where 50,000 cases are decided ... (more)

Oct. 24, 2000

The Future of War
(60 minutes) The U.S. Army is experiencing an identity crisis brought on by the end of the Cold War. As it heads into the 21st century, ... (more)

Oct. 09, 2000

Drug Wars
(240 minutes) In 1968, the federal drug enforcement budget was $60 million. By the end of fiscal year 1999, that same budget had exploded to more than ... (more)

Oct. 02, 2000

The Choice 2000
(120 minutes) As Americans prepare for the first presidential election of the 21st century, FRONTLINE opens its nineteenth season with a dual biography of the two men ... (more)

May. 23, 2000

The Battle Over School Choice
(60 minutes) With more students than ever enrolled in kindergarten through high school, education is now a top voter concern. What's needed to improve our public ... (more)

May. 09, 2000

Return of the Czar
(60 minutes) Almost a decade after the fall of the Soviet Union, Russia is arguably more free than at any time in its history. But while ... (more)

May. 02, 2000

Jefferson's Blood
(90 minutes) For years there existed a rumor that Thomas Jefferson had a long-standing relationship and several children by Sally Hemings, a woman who was his slave. ... (more)

Apr. 18, 2000

What's Up With the Weather?
(120 minutes) Since the late 1980s, rising temperatures and dramatic weather-from heat waves and hurricanes to melting glaciers-have fueled a global political and scientific debate about whether ... (more)

Apr. 04, 2000

Dr Solomon's Dilemma
(60 minutes) In the 1990s, cost-cutting HMOs were reviled as the enemy of doctors and patients. After fighting to regain control of the medical process, doctors ... (more)

Feb. 22, 2000

War in Europe
(120 minutes) Twelve months ago, in the skies above Kosovo, NATO went to war. It was a war that unleashed terrible brutality. On one side ... (more)

Feb. 15, 2000

Assault on Gay America
(60 minutes) On February 19, 1999, in Sylacauga, Alabama, 39-year-old computer programmer Billy Jack Gaither was murdered - the victim of a violent hate crime. One ... (more)

Jan. 25, 2000

The Survival of Saddam
(60 minutes) When the Gulf War ended, the United States government believed the Iraqis would quickly overthrow Saddam Hussein. But nine years later, he still rules ... (more)

Jan. 18, 2000

The Killer at Thurston High
(90 minutes) In May 1998, a year before the massacre at Columbine High, fifteen-year-old Kip Kinkel murdered his mother and father, and then opened fire at Thurston ... (more)

Jan. 11, 2000

The Case For Innocence
(90 minutes) Fifteen years ago, DNA analysis was nonexistent. Today, more than seventy inmates accused of rape and murder have been freed because DNA tests proved ... (more)