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1842) A Time to kill: Book 1
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1989
Description
A Southern town is shocked when a 10-year-old black girl is raped by two white men--until the girl's father takes the law into his own hands.
1843) Our kind of traitor
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Description
In the wake of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and with Britain on the brink of economic ruin, a young English couple takes a tennis vacation in Antigua. There they meet Dima, a Russian who styles himself the world's number one money launderer. Dima wants, among other things, a game of tennis. Back in London, the couple is subjected to an all-night interrogation by the British Secret Service, which also needs their help. Their acquiescence will lead...
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
An intriguing film noir about a novelist out to expose the injustices of capital punishment. Working with his fiancee's father, a newspaper publisher, he frames himself for murder, intending to produce exonerating evidence at the last moment. But the publisher suddenly dies, the evidence is lost, and that's only the first twist in a brilliantly layered plot ideally suited to Lang's talents.
1845) JAG: season two
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Lieutenant Commander 'Harm' Rabb, Jr. is a brave, outstanding Navy lawyer and officer in the Judge Advocate General Corps. His missions are to investigate all crimes, accidents, acts of terrorism, and espionage related to the Navy and Marine Corps.
1846) JAG: season three
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
The men and women of the Navy's Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps are back. In this season, Commander "Harm" Rabb and Major "Mac" MacKenzie both find romance but also suffer heartache. And while they might take on Cuban terrorists and Russian spies, they still manage to make it to the wedding between Bud and Harriet. 'JAG' digs deep to portray the human side of the military experience and show the bravery of those who give all for their country.
Pub. Date
[2013]
Description
Defense attorney Ben Matlock returns to acquit more clients in the eighth and penultimate season of the hit series, Matlock. Elderly fans, and young ones as well, can get lost in suspense as Matlock defends the wrongfully accused and brings the real criminals to justice. Includes a guest appearance by Jeri Ryan.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Martin Hunter is a high profile lawyer who has an impeccable record putting criminals behind bars and is a shoo-in for governor in the upcoming election. But when ambitious rookie journalist C.J. Nicholas begins investigating Hunter for tampering with evidence to secure his convictions, the district attorney's perfect record is up for scrutiny. Commencing a risky game of cat and mouse with Hunter, C.J. frames himself as a murder suspect to catch the...
1851) Damages: Season 3
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
In season three, Patty Hewes is in a serious accident when another car broadsides her vehicle in an intersection, Ellen visits the woman in her dreams to learn if she is her birth mother, Patty is surprised when she runs into her son Michael's pregnant girlfriend, and more.
1854) Time of fear
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
In World War II, more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into relocation camps across the US. This film traces the lives of the 16,000 people who were sent to two camps in southeast Arkansas, one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America. It explores the reactions of the native Arkansans who watched in bewilderment as their tiny towns were overwhelmed by this huge influx of outsiders. Through interviews with the internees...
1855) Suits : season 2
Pub. Date
2013]
Description
Mike and Harvey must keep their secret from everyone including managing partner Jessica as they take on New York's most high profile cases.
1856) Michael Clayton
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
"Attorney Michael Clayton is a 'fixer' the go-to guy when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But now he's handed a crisis even he may not be able to fix. The firm's top litigator in a $3-billion case has gone from advocate to whistleblower. And the more Michael tries to undo the damage, the more he's up against forces that put corporate survival over human life --including Michael's."--Publisher.
1857) Revenge
Series
Drama classics television collection volume 1
Pub. Date
2004
Description
A school teacher from Massachusetts comes to a small western town to marry a young homesteader, but finds that he's been murdered. The jury frees him on a phony plea of self-defense. Determined to see justice done, she decides to stay in town as a constant irritant to the murderer's conscience. She makes him so crazy, he picks a fight with one of his friends and is killed. Dismayed by her own vengefulness, the teacher decides that justice would be...
Series
Law and order. Criminal intent volume Season 2
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Detectives Goren and Eames work for the NYPD Major Case Squad. The detectives use their skills and wits to stop the worst criminal offenders in New York City. Experience life on the wrong side of the law as perpetrators plan and execute the crimes that lead them into the justice system.
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Ben Matlock is a Georgia bred, Harvard educated defense attorney. His $100,000 fee is worth every penny as he defends his clients not only in Atlanta but all over the country. He is cantankerous and gruff and often uses colorful language, but beneath it all he has a heart of gold. He is assisted by his attorney-daughter Charlene, as well as his investigators Tyler Hudson, Conrad McMasters and Cliff Lewis. Ben is sweet on associate D.A. Julie March....
1860) JAG: season eight
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Navy Commander Harmon Rabb, former ace pilot turned lawyer, and Marine Lieutenant Colonel Sarah MacKenzie find themselves clashing with one another as they take different routes to solve cases. Includes 24 episodes and features a gag reel.