The 6th amendment to the U.S. Constitution guarantees every American the right to a speedy and public trial before an impartial jury, and the right to a defense attorney. What the 6th amendment doesn't lay out are rules for law enforcement and prosecution. In this episode, we will highlight two cases: the ongoing efforts of parolee Derrick Hamilton to clear his name after twenty years for a murder conviction fraught with alleged police and prosecutorial...

Renouncing his gang, removing his gang tattoos, and seemingly turning his life around, Rodrick Brown has the support of his family, friends, probation officer, and counselor as he starts life anew. When a routine night out with friends turns into a visit by police, Rodrick finds himself back inside the Lake County Juvenile Justice Complex, where his years of hard work might all go down the drain. This program focuses on Rodrick's two court hearings,...

A tangled web of issues is involved in electing a president. Edmund Muskie, former presidential press secretary Jody Powell, party officials and others discuss the role of political parties, the electoral college, and what to do if a president becomes disabled.

Every Wednesday another busload of new inmates arrives at the Western Youth Institution in Morganton, North Carolina, a maximum security prison for juvenile offenders. What trade-offs do the convicts have to make, just to stay alive in this hostile environment? And what will they be like if they eventually make it back into society? In this program, ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer reports on prison life through the experiences of four new teenage inmates-one...

What's it like to spend time in one of America's largest maximum-security juvenile prisons? Follow the lives of teenage inmates who must progress through the rigorous release program of Indiana's Pendleton Juvenile Correctional Facility in order to gain their freedom. Footage includes offenders completing Pendleton's gang education program and inmates struggling through drug and alcohol addiction.

Prisons have become incubators for hate, where ethnic and white supremacist enclaves vie for control through violence and coercion directed along color lines. In part one of this program, ABC News anchor Ted Koppel talks with prisoners doomed to solitary confinement due to their gang affiliations. They discuss the dangers that drove them to join-and that keep them looking over their shoulders even in the so-called protective environment of a supermax...

Kate Morencik is the director of Alternative House, where she discusses 13-year-old Joshua's issues and also gives a general overview of the facility.

Inside a juvenile delinquency court hearing of a young teenage offender as the judge and family members decide the best course of action for him.

Counselors discuss psychological issues related to child welfare and juvenile justice cases.

A juvenile delinquency court hearing for two teen boys who ran away from a temporary placement facility ("Boys Town"), with family members struggling to understand why the boys have acted out.