Красивата съпруга на собственик на закусвалня Кора Пападакис се влюбва в скитника Франк, за който никой нищо не знае. Въпреки различията помежду им между двамата пламва изпепеляваща връзка, която води до планове за убийството на съпруга.
Млад, идеалистично настроен нюйоркски обществен защитник е прегорял от системата и е на косъм от лишаване на адвокатските си права. Сега той решава да ограби многомилионна сделка с наркотици на един от клиентите си.
When the government opens up the Oklahoma territory for settlement, restless Yancey Cravat claims a plot of the free land for himself and moves his family there from Wichita. A newspaperman, lawyer, and just about everything else, Cravat soon becomes a leading citizen of the boom town of Osage. Once the town is established, however, he begins to feel confined once again, and heads for the Cherokee Strip, leaving his family behind. During this and other absences, his wife Sabra must learn to take care of herself and soon becomes prominent in her own right.
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 his young son dies from the negligence at a hospital, Harry Fertig takes matters into his own hands and kills the doctor, nurse and clerk responsible. Slick lawyer Roy Bleakie, looking only to win a case and not caring of the matters involved, is asked by Fertig's boss to defend him. Shocked to hear that his client wants to plead guilty, the case causes Bleakie to question his own morals by defending an honorable man.
A behind-the-scenes look at the most famous lawyer of his generation as scandal threatens his career and legacy.
Амбициозният областен прокурор Виктор Скот ревностно преследва Ед Клеъри в дело за убийството на жена. Но когато Клеъри се оправя в своите последни стъпки към електрическия стол, Скот получава доказателство, което оневинява осъдения за извършеното престъпление. Разбирайки, че е направил ужасна грешка, прокурорът се опитва да спре екзекуцията, но вече е прекалено късно…
When a woman is accused of murder, the investigation slowly reveals numerous political connections. Laubret, the court-appointed defense lawyer, does everything in his power to expose the truth.
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death sentence by blaming the slums environment as the cause of Dutch's crimes, enlists the aid of Dutch's sister, Marcia Adams, to get the slum dwellers at appeal for public monies to provide recreational places for the slum kids.
A lawyer tries to clear his wife's lover of murder charges.
A woman married to a defense lawyer leaves him when he refuses to stop defending criminals she believes are guilty.
A female lawyer begins to suspect that lawlessness is going on in prison, and a female prisoner helps her.