Word: courtroom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...preside over the reopening of the James Earl Ray case. And even Judge Joseph Wapner, the pioneer TV judge, has been called in to fill a vacancy. Beginning next month, he'll be trying animal-related cases on cable's Animal Planet network. Meanwhile, Playboy TV has started a courtroom show, Sex Court, with one Judge Julie, whose verdict invariably involves having the disputing parties take their clothes...
...talking head during the O.J. proceedings, who fears people will expect the law to act as quickly and superficially as Sheindlin and her colleagues do. "They want to present a case in 30 minutes, and it's difficult to do that without oversimplification," Chemerinsky says. "The judge in the courtroom is interested in following the law and creating fair procedures in the court of law. A judge on TV is only interested in the drama of the proceedings, in good television, and those are obviously different goals...
Sheindlin was tapped for the show by Larry Lyttle, president of Big Ticket Television, who argues that she is an antidote to America's not-so-rewarding experiences with the judicial system. "We broke the proscenium of the courtroom world with the O.J. trial, and when we pierced that proscenium we saw stuff we hated," he says. "When Judy showed the audience that she was decisive, that was the elixir for all the malaise that we'd suffered...
...presuming Monica stood by her story. But the President's legal team knows that would make Starr appear to be simply pursuing salacious details, which is exactly how they are trying to paint him. The independent counsel's other option? Take the intern's testimony for what it is -- courtroom evidence of presidential perjury -- and send the whole kit and caboodle along to Congress...
Brandon, a multi-case courtroom drama developed by Shu L. Cheang and Liz Diamond, used real and cyber sexual assault cases to explore themes such as gender fusion and the techno-body...