Investigative Reports Trial by Television (Season 3, Episode 12)
TV-PG
TV Episode | Documentary

Investigative Reports

Trial by Television (Season 3, Episode 12)

TV-PG

TV Episode | Documentary

Investigative Reports examines how media coverage sometimes effects the justice system looking at the cases of vigilante Bernhard Goetz and the 1986 Preppy Murder.

Edit Released

Updated Jan 7, 1994

Release date

Jan 7, 1994 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

4 wins & 12 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
27 cast members

Name	Known for
Bill Kurtis Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy (2004)
Linda Wojas Self - Pamela Smart's Mother Self - Pamela Smart's Mother See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Bill Spencer Self - T.V. Reporter Self - T.V. Reporter See fewer	Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Smart Story (1991)
Al Johnson Self - Pamela Smart's Attorney Self - Pamela Smart's Attorney See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Alan Dershowitz Self - Defense Attorney Self - Defense Attorney See fewer	Reversal of Fortune (1990)
Ellen Levin Self - Victim's Mother Self - Victim's Mother See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Linda Fairstein Self - N.Y.C. Prosecutor Self - N.Y.C. Prosecutor See fewer	Final Jeopardy (2001)
Alice Case Self - Suspect Self - Suspect See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Don Decker Sekf - News Director, WTEN-TV Sekf - News Director, WTEN-TV See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Edwin Diamond Self - Media Critic Self - Media Critic See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Fred Graham Self - Court TV Self - Court TV See fewer	Trial Story (1991)
John A.K. Bradley Self - New York State Supreme Court Self - New York State Supreme Court See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
David L. Lewis Self - Defense Attorney Self - Defense Attorney See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Ricci Adan Self - Victim's Wife Self - Victim's Wife See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Jack Henry Abbott Self - Convicted Murderer Self - Convicted Murderer See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Henry Howard Self - Ricci Adan's Father-in-Law Self - Ricci Adan's Father-in-Law See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Sonny Grosso Self - TV Producer Self - TV Producer See fewer	Night Heat (1985)
William Kunstler Self - Defense Attonry Self - Defense Attonry See fewer	The Doors (1991)
James Henry Quello Self - FCC Commissioner (as James Quello) Self - FCC Commissioner (as James Quello) See fewer	Investigative Reports (1991)
Elisabeth Broderick Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer	American Justice (1992)
Robert Chambers Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer
Amy Fisher Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer	Fatal Seduction (2011)
Billy Flynn Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer
John Gotti Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer	Inside the Mafia (2005)
Leona Helmsley Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer	I Love the 80's 3-D (2005)
O.J. Simpson Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer	Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994)
Pamela Smart Self - Suspect (archive footage) Self - Suspect (archive footage) See fewer	Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart (2014)