The BEST episodes of American Justice season 2

#1 - City Killer Gangs

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/28/1993

Organized crime during the Prohibition era, including profiles of Al Capone, Bugs Moran and Lucky Luciano. Brooklyn DA Charles J. Hynes joins host Bill Kurtis.

#2 - The Rosenbergs

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 11/17/1993

The trial and executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted in 1951 of conspiracy to commit espionage. Included: footage from a mock trial held by the American Bar Association; comments from Rosenberg attorney Marshall Perlin.

#3 - The Rosenbergs

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 11/17/1993

The trial and executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, convicted in 1951 of conspiracy to commit espionage. Included: footage from a mock trial held by the American Bar Association; comments from Rosenberg attorney Marshall Perlin.

#4 - Target: Mafia (Empire of Crime)

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 10/6/1993

"Empire of Crime" examines mob activity during World War II; the murder of Benjamin Siegel; nightclubs, casinos and racetracks linked to organized crime.

#5 - Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)

Season 2 - Episode 29 - Aired 9/29/1993

Profiling "gangbusters" such as Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics; and Thomas E. Dewey, who successfully prosecuted Charles "Lucky" Luciano on charges of running a prostitution ring.

#6 - Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 9/15/1993

Examining "The Birth of the American Mafia," from its origins in Sicily to mob activity during Prohibition. Included: the roles of Al Capone and Charles "Lucky" Luciano; rivalry among Italian, Irish and Jewish gangs.

#7 - Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 9/8/1993

"Target: Mafia" studies crime during Prohibition. Examined: Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging; battles between ethnic gangs.

#8 - Target: Mafia (Unions and the Mob)

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 9/22/1993

Mobsters in the labor movement; Socks Lanza; Jimmy Hoffa; Willie Bioff and Hollywood; Murder Incorporated.

#9 - Vigilante Justice

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 12/29/1993

Cases of vigilantism in the U.S., including the 1984 Bernhard Goetz subway shooting in New York City; the 1984 murder of an alleged child molester; and the 1987 torching of a Detroit crack house.

#10 - KKK: Hate Crimes in America

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 12/15/1993

Racially motivated crimes in the U.S., such as the murders of three civil-rights workers in Mississippi, and the 1988 beating death of an Ethiopian student in Oregon. Included: comments from attorney Morris Dees.

#11 - Fire Starters

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 11/24/1993

Examining two arson cases: the 1990 blaze at the Happy Land club in the Bronx, which claimed 87 lives; and the 1944 Hartford Circus fire, in which 168 people were killed. Included: retired firefighter Rick Davey, who investigated the Hartford fire.

#12 - Jeffrey Dahmer: Mystery of a Serial Killer

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 11/10/1993

A graphic account of the crimes of serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer who became, his attorney Gerald Boyle says, "the embodiment of evil." Included: footage from Dahmer's trial; comments from experts on serial murder.

#13 - Mike Tyson Rape on Trial

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 11/3/1993

Examining highly publicized rape cases, including the 1992 conviction of Mike Tyson for the rape of a beauty-pageant contestant; and the 1983 gang-rape case in New Bedford, Mass., that inspired the 1988 movie "The Accused."

#14 - Mobfathers Part 3

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 10/27/1993

#15 - Mobfathers Part 2

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/20/1993

#16 - Mobfathers Part 1

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/13/1993

A three-part history of mob activity in Philadelphia. Part 1 shows how Nicodemo Scarfo gained power by supplying concrete to the growing casino industry in Atlantic City.

#17 - Target: Mafia Secrets Unveiled aka Empire of Crime

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 10/6/1993

"Empire of Crime" examines mob activity during World War II; the murder of Benjamin Siegel; nightclubs, casinos and racetracks linked to organized crime.

#18 - Target: Mafia (Gangbusters)

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/29/1993

Profiling "gangbusters" such as Harry Anslinger, first commissioner of the Bureau of Narcotics; and Thomas E. Dewey, who successfully prosecuted Charles "Lucky" Luciano on charges of running a prostitution ring.

#19 - Target: Mafia (The Kennedys and the Mob)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 9/22/1993

"The Kennedys and the Mob" examines efforts by President Kennedy and his brother Robert to curtail mob activity; the possible link between JFK's assassination and organized crime.

#20 - Target: Mafia (Birth of the American Mafia)

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 9/15/1993

Examining "The Birth of the American Mafia," from its origins in Sicily to mob activity during Prohibition. Included: the roles of Al Capone and Charles "Lucky" Luciano; rivalry among Italian, Irish and Jewish gangs.

#21 - Target: Mafia (The Prohibition Years)

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/1993

"Target: Mafia" studies crime during Prohibition. Examined: Assistant Attorney General Mabel Walker Willebrandt's efforts to curtail bootlegging; battles between ethnic gangs.

#22 - Bonnie and Clyde

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 9/1/1993

Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, whose string of robberies and killings made them two of the most notorious criminals of the 1930s.

#23 - Mafia Wars

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 8/11/1993

Examining the battles waged against gangland families by the Gambino organized-crime family, led by “Boss of Bosses” Paul Castellano, until his 1985 assassination that was masterminded by John Gotti.

#24 - Wayne Williams

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 7/28/1993

Wayne Williams, convicted of two of the Atlanta child murders that terrorized the city between 1979 and 1981.

#25 - Richard Speck

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 6/30/1993

The case of Richard Speck, who was convicted of the 1966 murders of eight nurses and student nurses in Chicago.