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Author
Series
Theodore Boone volume 5
Formats
Description
"On a field trip to Washington, DC, Theo spots a familiar face on the Metro: accused murderer and fugitive Pete Duffy, who jumped bail and was never seen again. Theo's quick thinking helps bring Duffy back to Strattenburg to stand trial. But now that Duffy knows who he is, Theo is in greater danger than he's ever been in before. Even when everything is on the line, Theodore Boone will stop at nothing to make sure a killer is brought to justice."--Back...
64) Regarding Henry
Series
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
A ruthless lawyer is shot during a robbery attempt and must rebuild his life without any memory of his past.
Pub. Date
1959.
Description
Defense attorney Perry Mason induces climactic witness-stand confessions that always clear his clients, usually with the help of confidential secretary Della Street and sidekick Paul Drake. As they work against DA Hamilton Burger and Lt. Arthur Tragg to clear a client, is it any surprise they succeed every time?
68) Inherit the Wind
Pub. Date
©2002.
Description
A small Tennessee town gained national attention in 1925 when a biology schoolteacher was arrested for violating state law and teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in the classroom. This film was nominated for four Oscars and two Golden Globes in 1961.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
"This sprawling 3-part miniseries details the trial of Lee Bishop, an Aspen man who was arrested, tried and sentenced to die for the rape and murder of a 15-year old girl, a crime for which Bishop is not guilty. As the years pass and Bishop sits on death row, his attorney and friend Tom Keating, does everything in his power to clear Bishop's name and find the true killer."
Pub. Date
2011.
Description
On the docket for criminal law barrister Henry Farmer are railway crashes, an Asperger's patient accused of killing his own mother, a nurse who may or may not be a murderous gold digger, trial by media, and trials gone haywire. Meanwhile, Henry is sleeping on the office floor, dealing with seduction and divorce, and helping a coworker accused of cheating on a game show. It's all in a day's work!
71) Cruel justice
Author
Series
Ben Kincaid novels volume 5
Pub. Date
1996.
Description
A ten-year-old case puts Ben Kincaid on a collision course with a serial murderer Ben Kincaid's air-conditioner is on the fritz, his staff is on half-pay, and his sister has just disappeared, leaving him holding her baby. He needs fast money, and a quick-and-dirty personal injury suit could do the job. But what looks like a sure-fire case turns out to be something far more complicated. His prospective client hopes to rescue his son-a twenty-eight-year-old...
Pub. Date
c2004
Description
Though equally respected in their field, divorce lawyers Audrey and Daniel are opposites inside and out of the courtroom. Audrey is meticulous and by the book, while Daniel relies on personality and luck to get by. Neither have lost a case and neither intends to now, but a celebrity power couple gone wrong will end one of their winning streaks. The divorce settlement hinges on an old Irish castle. The two race to Ireland where after an Irish festival...
73) Suspect
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
"Bizarre evidence leads Kathleen on a dangerous trail from Washington's seamy underbelly to the highest levels of government. And the closer she gets to the answers, the more her life is in danger. Cher and Dennis Quaid take the law into their own hands in this daring suspense thriller where everything is revealed in court--except the truth."
75) The incident
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
"It is 1944, in the fictitious town of Bremen, Colorado, home to a U.S. Army Camp that houses several hundred German prisoners of war. Suddenly the town is thrown into shock when the popular physician George Hansen is mysteriously murdered. Judge Stoddard Bell calls in Harmon J. Cobb, a down-and-out attorney whose son is fighting in Europe, to defend Wilhelm Geiger, the German prisoner accused of committing the murder. The reluctant Harmon soon...
76) Philadelphia
Description
Two competing lawyer join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops, their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
A dying doctor refuses to believe that her patient cannot remember the last 25 years of his life. In the middle of a ferocious firefight outside of Baghdad, soldiers discover a mysterious body they can't identify as human. The seventh-richest couple in the world are anthropoids - each containing a few strands of human DNA, grown into a baby and fused with plastics. Despised minorities are adrift in the darkness of outer space and make an ominous pact...
78) 12 angry men
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Tempers rise as a jury of middle-aged men find themselves unable to sway a single member of their group to the majority opinion. Confronted with a seemingly clear-cut case, bolstered by opinions and assumptions, but with no verdict in sight the group threatens to become deadlocked. Will the 12th juror, stubbornly convinced of a young defendant's innocence, be able to sway the entire group to his viewpoint, or will the group ultimately force the holdout...
80) Aspen / DVD
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Aspen takes place at a Colorado ski resort in the 1960s. Lee Bishop (Perry King) is on trial for the rape/murder of a 15-year-old girl. His friend and attorney, Tom Keating (Sam Elliott), is desperately trying to prove his innocence.