Trial by Media
Trial by Media
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Trial by Media

7.1 / 10
2020
1 season
6 episodes
DocumentaryCrime

In this true crime docuseries, some of the most dramatic trials of all time are examined with an emphasis on how the media may have impacted verdicts.

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Seasons

  • Talk Show Murder

    1.Talk Show Murder

    8.0
    11-05-202064m

    After Jonathan Schmitz murders his friend Scott Amedure following an infamous appearance on The Jenny Jones Show, the show's future is brought into the limelight as a civil suit is...

  • Subway Vigilante

    2.Subway Vigilante

    8.0
    11-05-202062m

    On December 22, 1984, four men, Barry Allen, Troy Canty, Darrell Cabey, and James Ramseur, were shot and wounded by Bernhard Goetz. On his way home, Goetz shot the four black robbe...

  • 41 Shots

    3.41 Shots

    11-05-202065m

    On the morning of February 4, 1999, a 22-year-old Guinean immigrant named Amadou Diallo (born September 2, 1975) was shot and killed by four New York City Police Department plain-c...

  • King Richard

    4.King Richard

    11-05-202065m

    Richard Scrushy, founder of HealthSouth Corporation, was charged with 36 of 85 counts of accounting fraud in 2004.

  • Big Dan's

    5.Big Dan's

    11-05-202059m

    The case of Cheryl Araujo: After a woman is raped on a bar's pool table, the trial is televised live on CNN, revealing the woman's identity and the brutal cross-examination.

  • Blago!

    6.Blago!

    11-05-202058m

    When Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich finds himself facing a corruption trial, he tries to embrace the media and even goes on "Celebrity Apprentice."

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