A vida de um defensor público de Nova York começa a se desenrolar depois que ele perde seu primeiro caso.
Dono de um posto de gasolina contrata novo empregado. Jovem e sedutor, acaba se envolvendo com a esposa do patrão e com ela planeja matar o dono do local para herdar seus bens.
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.
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.
Quarenta anos da história norte-americana, em um período compreendido entre 1889 e 1929, são vistos através dos olhos de Yancey Cravat, um editor de jornal e o homem da lei de Oklahoma. Ele deixa suas terras em Wichita, chegando em Osage com sua família, mas logo sente-se ocioso novamente, com a rotina, e decide ir para Cherokee Strip, deixando sua família para trás. Sua mulher, Sabra, precisa então aprender a viver por conta própria. Vencedor do Oscar de Melhor Filme, foi o primeiro do gênero faroeste a conseguir tal proeza (fato que só se repetiu mais duas vezes, com Dança com Lobos e Os Imperdoáveis). Faturou ainda as estatuetas de Melhor Direção de Arte e Melhor Roteiro Adaptado.
A hugely successful DA goes into private practice after sending a man to the chair -- only to find out later he was innocent. Now the drunken attorney only seems to represent criminals and low lifes.
A female lawyer begins to suspect that lawlessness is going on in prison, and a female prisoner helps her.
A behind-the-scenes look at the most famous lawyer of his generation as scandal threatens his career and legacy.
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.