reports Criminal Justice
REPORTS BY SUBJECT Feb. 09, 1999
The Execution
(90 minutes) FRONTLINE looks into the mind and soul of a death row killer and the effect of his execution on all who had a stake in ... (more)
Jan. 12, 1999
Snitch
(90 minutes) In the last five years, nearly a third of defendants in federal drug trafficking cases have had their sentences reduced because they informed on other ... (more)
Oct. 27, 1998
The Child Terror
(60 minutes) In the midst of a sudden willingness to believe that children were being ritually abused in day-care centers during the 1980s, parents, police, prosecutors, and ... (more)
Apr. 28, 1998
Busted: America's War on Marijuana
(60 minutes) The United States government spends nearly $2.5 billion each year to process arrests related to marijuana production and sales, which often carry severe penalties. ... (more)
Jun. 03, 1997
Hot Guns
(60 minutes) Two years ago, Evelyn Garcia was shot to death. Police arrested her husband -- a twice convicted felon -- but when they tried to trace ... (more)
May. 27, 1997
Innocence Lost: The Plea
(120 minutes) FRONTLINE producer Ofra Bikel revisits the defendants in the Little Rascals Day Care sexual abuse case and reports on how each of them, while accused ... (more)
May. 13, 1997
Little Criminals
(60 minutes) It was an unthinkable crime. In California, a six-year-old boy entered the home of a neighbor to steal a tricycle and savagely beat Ignacio Bermudez, ... (more)
Feb. 25, 1997
What Jennifer Saw
(60 minutes) Identified by the victim, Ronald Cotton spent eleven years in prison for rape. But in 1995, DNA evidence proved Cotton could not have been the ... (more)
Apr. 09, 1996
Angel on Death Row
(60 minutes) FRONTLINE takes on the death penalty debate with a personal profile of the woman behind the highly acclaimed motion picture Dead Man Walking, Sister Helen ... (more)
Dec. 14, 1993
Behind the Badge
(60 minutes) In a year in which national attention has focused on police brutality trials in cities like Los Angeles, Detroit, and Miami, FRONTLINE crosses 'the blue ... (more)
Feb. 09, 1993
The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover
(60 minutes) For nearly 50 years, FBI director J. Edgar Hoover amassed secret files on America's most prominent figures, files he used to smear and control presidents ... (more)
Nov. 17, 1992
JFK, Hoffa, and the Mob
(60 minutes) Frank Ragano was an intimate friend and lawyer to Teamster president Jimmy Hoffa and attorney to Santo Trafficante, one of the most feared Mafia bosses. ... (more)
Nov. 10, 1992
Monsters Among Us
(60 minutes) Wesley Allan Dodd's 1989 arrest in Washington State for the murder of 3 young boys ended his 15 year career of violent sex crimes. Through ... (more)
Jun. 16, 1992
A Kid Kills
(60 minutes) When 15 year old Damien Bynoe and two friends took a gun and went to settle a dispute, 15 year old Korey Grant and 11 ... (more)
Apr. 21, 1992
The Bank of Crooks and Criminals
(60 minutes) Frontline examines the global banking scandal surrounding the Bank of Credit & Commerce International by tracking the aggressive investigation of the case by New York ... (more)
Dec. 03, 1991
Who Killed Adam Mann?
(60 minutes) On March 5, 1990, in New York City, five year-old Adam Mann was beaten to death for eating a piece of cake. The autopsy indicated ... (more)
May. 07, 1991
Innocence Lost
(120 minutes) What has happened to the small town of Edenton, North Carolina, now that its most prestigious day-care has been closed down because of charges of ... (more)
Oct. 23, 1990
The Hunt for Howard Marks
(60 minutes) For 20 years, one man - Oxford-educated Dennis Howard Marks - was responsible for running an international drug market that shipped marijuana into the US ... (more)
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