Kettős bombamerényletet követnek el a London melletti Guilford városkában 1974-ben. Öt ember meghal, negyvenketten megsebesülnek. A rendőrség az Ír Köztársasági Hadsereget gyanúsítja a terrorakció elkövetésével. Hamarosan letartóztatják Gerry Conlont, a léha, link fiatalembert, akit az apja, Guiseppe Belfastból küldött Londonba, amikor meggyűlt az ifjú baja a zsarukkal és az IRA-val. Az apja is börtönbe kerül. A "guilfordi négyek" perében ártatlanul életfogytiglani börtönre ítélik őket. Az igazságra csak tizenöt évvel később derül fény. Gerry Conlon önéletrajzi regényéből.
Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.
The big national crime syndicate has moved into town, partnering up with local crime boss Nick Scanlon. McQuigg, the only honest police captain on the force, and his loyal patrolman, Johnson, take on the violent Nick.
In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of murders. Broomfield conducts interviews with Wuornos herself, and his crew films her trial as well as her interactions with religious fanatic Arlene Pralle, who gives Wuornos dubious advice and legally adopts her. The cameras also roll as the accused's attorney ignores the case at hand to negotiate a deal to sell his client's story.
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released on bail...and murdered. Inspector Briggs of the FBI recruits a young agent, Gene Cordell, to go undercover in the shadowy Skid Row area (alias George Manly) as a potential victim of the same racket. Soon, Gene meets Alec Stiles, neurotic mastermind who's "building an organization along scientific lines." Stiles recruits Cordell, whose job becomes a lot more dangerous.
During a 1980s crime wave, a cop’s daughter goes on a rampage to unearth her father’s attempted assassin and weed out deep-rooted corruption in the New York City Police Department.