trials, litigation, etc

Chronicles Lois Jenson's experiences working for Eveleth Mines in northern Minnesota and the grueling court case against her employer that lasted ten years and changed the public's understanding of sexual harassment.

Presents an overview of the "Dred Scott v. Sandford" case that led to the Supreme Court decision in 1857 that congressional regulation of slavery in the territories was unconstitutional, and that African-Americans had no rights under the Constitution, and includes a selection of related documents.

Explores the infamous trial of John Scopes, which started the ongoing battle between Darwinism and Creationism.

Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a 21-year-old woman in his Oklahoma hometown.

Analyzes the core debates surrounding the Supreme Courts 1973 decision in Roe vs Wade, traces the case's history, and studies the impact it had on American society.

In 1892 African-American Homer A. Plessy is involved in an event of civil disobedience, but the United States Supreme Court approved segregation laws as part of life in the South and his case before it lost.

Discusses the racial inequality, discrimination, and mistreatment of African-Americans nationwide and particularly of males in Los Angeles, using the cases of Rodney King and O.J. Simpson as examples.

Two police detectives reconstruct the investigation of the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman and the presentation of the evidence at the trial of O.J. Simpson.