Frontline S29E07 · Post Mortem

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A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.

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1. 1 1. Death by Fire2010-10-19At the center of the national death penalty debate today is the controversial case of Cameron Todd Willingham, put to death for the arson-murder of his three little girls. But was
2. 2 2. The Spill2010-10-26Frontline investigates BP's record of safety violations and accidents in the years leading up to the Deepwater Horizon disaster in the Gulf.
3. 3 3. The Confessions2010-11-09Frontline looks at the case of the Norfolk Four in which four men were convicted of the rape and murder of a woman on the basis of coerced confessions.
4. 4 4. Facing Death2010-11-23The end-of-life choices made by physicians and families
5. 5 5. Battle for Haiti2011-01-11In the chaos of the earthquake that devastated Haiti, thousands of the country's worst criminals seized the opportunity to stage a mass escape from the National Penitentiary. One y
6. 6 6. Are We Safer? / Flying Cheaper2011-01-18Are We Safer?: Dana Priest investigates the terrorism-industrial complex that grew up in the wake of 9/11. Flying Cheaper: A follow-up to Season 28's Flying Cheap examines the tre
7. 7 7. Post Mortem2011-02-01A collaboration with NPR and ProPublica reveals how dysfunction, low standards, and lax oversight impacts investigations into sudden or suspicious deaths.
8. 9 9. Revolution in Cairo2011-02-22A look at the April 6 Youth Movement, the Muslim Brotherhood, and the Egyptian Revolution of 2011.
9. 10 10. Money and March Madness / Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei / The Private Life of Bradley Manning2011-03-29Money and March Madness: An inside look at the multibillion-dollar business of the NCAA and its brand of amateur college sports. Who's Afraid of Ai Weiwei: How Ai Weiwei dares to
10. 11 11. Football High2011-04-12High school football has never had a higher profile ... but is winning worth the risks?
11. 12 12. The Silence2011-04-19Frontline reveals a little-known chapter of the Catholic Church sex abuse story: decades of abuse of Native Americans by priests and other church workers in Alaska.
12. 13 13. Fighting for Bin Laden2011-05-03The fight against al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
13. 14 14. Kill/Capture2011-05-10Goes inside the "kill/capture" program to discover new evidence of the program's effect and its costs.
14. 15 15. WikiSecrets2011-05-24The inside story of Chelsea Manning, Julian Assange (WikiLeaks) and the largest intelligence breach in U.S. history.
15. 16 16. The Child Cases / Educating Sergeant Pantzke2011-06-28The Child Cases: Ernie Lopez to prison for 60 years when a child dies under suspicious circumstances. Now a Texas judge has moved to overturn Lopez's conviction, and questions are
16. 17 17. The Pot Republic / Doctor Hotspot / The Atomic Artists2011-07-26The Pot Republic: FRONTLINE and The Center for Investigative Reporting team up to investigate California's marijuana market. Doctor Hotspot: Dr. Jeffrey Brenner and his team are p
17. 18 18. Top Secret America2011-09-06A report from the Washington Post on US government intelligence spending
18. 19 19. An Optimist in Haiti2011-09-27The struggle of one man to develop a tourist destination in Haiti and bring economic prosperity.
19. 20 20. The Man Behind the Mosque2011-09-27The struggles of Sharif El-Gamal to build a mosque near the site of the World Trade Center.