Series
Trial by Media
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 & episodes
1Talk Show Murder11 May 2020 · 64m · ★ 7.5After 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 filed against the producers and distributors of the show by Amedure's family.
2Subway Vigilante11 May 2020 · 62m · ★ 7.5On 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 robbers on a New York City subway. While he claimed this was an act of self-defense, the action sets off a controversial, tabloid-fueled trial which earned Goetz the nickname "Subway Vigilante," as he said he shot the four boys after an attempted mugging.
341 Shots11 May 2020 · 65m · ★ 7.0On 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-clothed officers—Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon and Kenneth Boss after running from the officers when asked to show his hands. Diallo was shot 41 times. Diallo was unarmed and had no criminal record. Despite the overwhelming evidence against the officers, all were found not guilty.
4King Richard11 May 2020 · 65m · ★ 7.0Richard Scrushy, founder of HealthSouth Corporation, was charged with 36 of 85 counts of accounting fraud in 2004.
5Big Dan's11 May 2020 · 59m · ★ 8.0The 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.
6Blago!11 May 2020 · 58mWhen Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich finds himself facing a corruption trial, he tries to embrace the media and even goes on "Celebrity Apprentice."
Details
- Created by
- George Clooney, Grant Heslov
- First aired
- 11 May 2020
- Last aired
- 11 May 2020
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- English
- Network
- Netflix
- Episodes
- 6
- Votes
- 43 on TMDB
