Monster 2021
En talentfuld teenager impliceres i et røveri, som ender med mord. Nu må han forsvare sin uskyld og integritet i et retssystem, som allerede har dømt ham på forhånd.
En talentfuld teenager impliceres i et røveri, som ender med mord. Nu må han forsvare sin uskyld og integritet i et retssystem, som allerede har dømt ham på forhånd.
Da advokaten Collete skal mødes med sin nye klient Eleanor, en patient i den psykiatriske afdeling på et hospital i San Francisco, aner hun ikke, hvad hun går ind til. Udover at ville kæmpe en hård juridisk kamp for at forbedre forholdende for psykiske patienter, er Eleanor også en dame med en mission om at transformere Colettes liv til det bedre.
Tre kvinder påstår, at de alle har været gift med den berømte sanger Frankie Lymon. Nu efter hans død, mener de alle at have krav på arven efter ham. Det er ikke nogen let nød at knække for advokaten Morris Levy, der har fået samtlige hustruer som klienter. Men måske er det alligevel muligt at bevise hvem af kvinderne, der først blev gift med Frankie og hvem, der elskede ham højest.
Den afro-amerikanske enlige mor Dee Roberts bor sammen med sine børn i en lille flække i Texas og lever en slave tilværelse for at kunne klare til opholdet. Under hendes normale arbejdstid som servitrice på den lokale landevejs kro stormer politiet stedet og lægger hende i håndjern. Hun tilbageholdes uden en forklaring! Hun regnede med, at den misforståelse snart ville være løst, men får hurtigt den chokerende nyhed, at hun står anklaget for handel med lægemidler baseret på et tvivlsomt vidneudsagn. Presset af en skarp anklager får Dee tilbudt prøvetid, hvis hun erkender forbrydelsen, frem for at risikere en lang fængselsstraf. Hun nægter at forhandle, og nu begynder en kamp for retfærdighed, der vil få enorm indflydelse på både Dee's liv og på Texas retssystem...
A panel of three judges hear court cases, argue the merits of the case amongst themselves, and render a verdict.
In late 19th-century Turin, the young Lidia Poët, fights against everything and everyone to get what is rightfully hers: to be enrolled in the official register of lawyers. A profession, at the time, reserved exclusively for men. Nevertheless, nothing could stop her dream of becoming the first female lawyer in Italy.
James Kavanagh QC is one of the top flight barristers in Britain. Each episode has him handling challenging cases and defendants which put his skills to the test regularly.
Jérôme Kerviel – the trader who hid €50 billion in trades at a major international bank – and his former superiors reveal all sides of the scandal.
Tang Mei Qi (Felicia Chin) decides to divorce her philandering husband Jian Jun Hao (Steve Yap). Jun Hao uses his affluence and under-handed methods to gain custody of their daughter. To safeguard themselves, everyone turns against Mei Qi, all except for her former schoolmate Lian An Sheng (Zhen Huan Zhang). An Sheng wins the custody case for her, spurring Mei Qi to resume her interest to read law. After overcoming many obstacles, she finally passes her bar exam. She eventually falls in love with An Sheng who stands by her during her most difficult times. Just as everything is going well, An Sheng is charged with murder. Mei Qi decides to fight for An Sheng. Although she believes in An Sheng but all the evidences are stacked against him. How will Mei Qi defend him? Or will she accept the fact that he is indeed a murderer?
In 1983, the wife and stepdaughter of Dutch Jaitsen Singh are gruesomely murdered in California. Singh is convicted of inciting the murders, but has maintained his innocence for nearly 40 years. Given the way his case was handled at the time, this may well be true. Filmmaker Hans Pool investigates this intriguing and complex case and gets exclusive access to court and police documents that reveal a shocking story about racism, corruption, a mistress and a dubious key witness. How did Singh's American dream turn into a nightmare?
Bastard Boys is an Australian television miniseries broadcast on the ABC in 2007. It tells the story of the 1998 Australian waterfront dispute. The script, published by Currency Press, won the 2007 Queensland Premier's Literary Award for Best Television Script.
Mulla Krekar was a danger to the Norwegian security, yet he lived in the country for 30 years. This documentary follows the hated mullah and his faithful lawyer from the beginning to the end of the case.
The U.S. justice system is explored through the perspective of Loredana Nesci, whose experience in law enforcement began as a police officer before she became a criminal defense attorney. Loredana has an unconventional and potent passion for discovering the truth and doing what she thinks is right by her clients. Her reputation is that of a cut-to-the-chase legal crusader who defends those who sorely need it -- not hardened criminals, just regular people who may have made bad choices and find themselves judged and condemned.