When a defense lawyer’s adulterous husband becomes the prime suspect in the murder of the woman he was cheating with, his wife chooses to defend him. Can she overcome his betrayal while searching for the truth?
Tag: murder trial
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The Trial of Lord Lucan
An imagined trial of a man who, in 1974 London, is thought to have killed a woman he mistook for his wife in order to regain custody of his children. He disappeared the day after the killing and was never found.
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A Friend to Die For
Angela Delvecchio, from a poor family, moves into the rich town Montevista. She admires Stacy, leader of the most prestigious clique of her high school, and seeks Stacy’s friendship. But when she defends outsider Monica against Stacy, she becomes Stacy’s target herself.
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Murder in the First
A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.
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Primal Fear
An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room.
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Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback
After surviving the terrifying outback abduction of her boyfriend, Joanne Lees became the victim of a relentless trial by media across two continents. With no body to speak of, reported ‘sightings’ of Peter, and revelations Joanne had cheated on her boyfriend, the public and media in both Britain and Australia refused to accept Joanne’s innocence on face value. This is the story of one young woman’s courage in the face of one of the most mysterious crimes in Australian history.
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The Blue Room
In their blue hotel room, a clandestine couple of two married lovers plan an impossible future, as death shutters their already frail tranquillity. Now, the noose tightens more and more around innocents and sinners; but, was there a crime?
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O.J.: Made in America
A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.
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Dark Figure of Crime
A serial killer is caught for his seventh murder. A cop tries to solve the first six cases with the killer’s help, but starts to suspect that he has ulterior motives. Based on a true story.
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The Third Murder
A lawyer tasked with defending a robbery-and-murder suspect begins developing doubts about what truly happened.