The film "Basic Court Procedures" explains the workings of the American legal system through a play written and performed by a group of students. It starts with a discussion among the characters about a fictional case involving a person named Lefty James accused of robbing a bank. The characters, playing various roles in the court, illustrate how a trial proceeds, from selecting a jury to presenting evidence and witness testimonies. The film covers direct and circumstantial evidence, the roles of different court officials, and the importance of proper legal procedures to ensure justice. It demonstrates the processes of objection, cross-examination, and the concept of appealing a verdict. Through the narrative, the film educates viewers on the fundamental principles of the court system, emphasizing the court's role in upholding justice and individual rights in a democratic society.
This documentary recounts the dysfunctional state of the death penalty in the state of California by revisiting the crimes, arrest, trials and appeals of Lawrence Bittaker, a convicted serial killer who has been on death row at San Quentin since 1981.
OJ: TRIAL OF THE CENTURY, premiered on June 12, 2014 and it chronicles the twists and turns of the OJ Simpson murder trial and allows viewers to relive every moment of the investigation first-hand.
The biggest trial of Nazi war crimes ever: 360 witnesses in 183 days of trial - a stunning and gripping portrayal of the most terrible massacre in history.
JUVENILE COURT shows the complex variety of cases before the Memphis Juvenile Court: foster home placement, drug abuse, armed robbery, child abuse, and sexual offenses. The sequences illustrate such issues as community protection vs. the desire for rehabilitation, the range and the limits of the choices available to the court, the psychology of the offender, and the constitutional and procedural questions involved in administering a juvenile court.
At the request of his colleague, the young lawyer goes to the courtroom to replace her, but he mixes up the rooms and ends up defending a brutal criminal. The following is a catastrophe.
After the attack of 9/11, John Walker Lindh is accused of killing an American hero. John is then arrested and put on trial as the true cause of John's death is uncovered.
The process of fraudulent seizure of the inheritance left to a minor Russian girl in a case led by an Islamic judge.
An unflinching documentary of those dealing with mental illness in the criminal justice system and a profile of families who tragically fell victims to that system.
The murder of an innocent, happy couple leads to a courtroom trial that would sentence the killer to death, but who really did it?
A film about the dangers of drug use and whether a cake can ever replace shaving foam.
Mr. Hormoz's house is due to a bank mortgage debt. Financial problems have gripped him and his family and caused them trouble. To the extent that.
The story starts with the inauguration of the first-ever Mechanical batch in an engineering campus. The batch consists of boys only. Later in the second year of the department, a girl joins and becomes the only girl to be a part of their batch. As the story evolves, the girl grabs all their love and attention and becomes the QUEEN of the batch.
A woman in her fifties files a divorce petition against her seventy-one-year-old husband. Their son and an advocate try to find the reason behind it as they had been married for thirty years.
When a young girl finds out that, due to her existence, her seven brothers are struck by a curse and have to live their lives as ravens, she goes out in a quest to find them. Considered to be the first German feature length stop motion film.
A salaried manager tried to save his job and his company.
Inspired by true events, a 14 year-old boy is accused of raping and murdering a little girl
The story of Frankie and Johnny: Frankie walks into a bar, where she catches her boyfriend Johnny with the sensuous Nellie Bly and kills him in a fit of jealousy.