Judd for the Defense - Season 2

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In a Puff of Smoke

Season 2Episode 160 min

In a Puff of Smoke

Ray Elliott, an attorney who is well known for his advocacy against the draft, is charged with murder after a young man he was counseling immolates himself in public to avoid conscription, and prosecutors contend Elliott encouraged the young man to do it.

Season 2Episode 260 min

Transplant

Judd defends a doctor accused of murder after performing a heart transplant. The recipient is a young woman who the doctor has fallen in love with, and another doctor present claims that the donor was still alive when his heart was removed.

The Ends of Justice

Season 2Episode 360 min

The Ends of Justice

Jady Crews is arrested on a minor charge when he tries to stop his black militant son's group from using a gun. Judd easily gets that charge dropped, but the arrest brings to light the fact that Crews escaped from prison years earlier in South Carolina, where he had been convicted of murder after a traffic accident. Though Judd is sure he can get the conviction overturned, Crews' son hopes to use his father's plight to bolster his group's claim that a black man can't receive justice through laws made by whites.

Punishment, Cruel and Unusual

Season 2Episode 460 min

Punishment, Cruel and Unusual

This episode examines the plight of the alcoholic. Judd represents Helen Wister, a reformed drunk facing a hit-and-run charge. But Judd can't get his defense off the ground, thanks to the unjustifiable decisions of the trial judge. The judge is an obsessive drinker and thwarts the defense.

The Name of This Game is Aquittal

Season 2Episode 560 min

The Name of This Game is Aquittal

Judd defends a rock entrepreneur who is charged with the murder of his wife, who died at a party he was hosting. Though she died of a heart condition, the man is accused of giving her the amphetamines which contributed to her death.

The Sound of the Plastic Axe

Season 2Episode 660 min

The Sound of the Plastic Axe

A young woman begs Judd to defend her friend, an escapee from a prison farm, who claims he will be killed if he is sent back there. The man claims to have killed a convict/trustee who tried to stop his escape. But when Judd asks about this at the farm, the officials deny the man was ever killed. Soon Judd is determined to close the prison farm---if he can get the escapee to tell where the many murdered prisoners are buried.

Season 2Episode 760 min

The Death Farm

An old friend of Judd objects to his son's friendship with a young man whom he thinks is a homosexual. Later, when the father is shot in an altercation, the son's friend is accused of attempted murder.

Weep the Hunter Home

Season 2Episode 860 min

Weep the Hunter Home

Judd defends a man who filmed a movie inside a mental institution, a project he began when he was a patient there himself. The institution does not want the film shown to the public, but the filmmaker and his backers---led by his wife and brother-in-law---believe conditions inside such places must be exposed. However, the institution argues that the film violates the privacy of its main subject, who has just been released.

The Gates of Cerberus

Season 2Episode 960 min

The Gates of Cerberus

Judd and Ben fight for distribution rights to a controversial filmâ€”a documentary made inside a mental hospital by patient Shelly Gould. The hospital refuses to release the film, claiming it will harm the rehabilitation of a newly released patient.

My Client, the Fool

Season 2Episode 1060 min

My Client, the Fool

Judd defends an alcoholic woman who has been charged with hit-and-run even though she has not had a drink in years. It is soon obvious the evidence against her is flimsy, but the judge in the case denies every motion Judd tries to prove this. Judd soon decides to show that the judge is biased due to his own unsuccessful battle against alcohol.

Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live

Season 2Episode 1160 min

Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch to Live

A man removes his pregnant wife from a group of witches, who have convinced her that they could protect the baby. After she goes back again, he returns and this time accidentally injures the group's high priest, who tried to stop him from taking his wife back. Judd defends the man against a charge of assault, feeling that he genuinely feared for his wife and baby.

A Swim with Sharks

Season 2Episode 1260 min

A Swim with Sharks

A longshoreman dealing with loan sharks who have taken over his union is charged with the murder of the union's steward, who he believed was assisting them in charging him exorbitant interest on a loan.

The Crystal Maze

Season 2Episode 1360 min

The Crystal Maze

A young woman whom Judd hasn't seen since she was a child names him as custodian for her baby after she kills her husband and then herself. Judd can't permanently take care of the child, but he finds that no one in the young woman's family is well suited for the baby either, and thus must consider adoption, if the family will agree to it.

Borderline Girl

Season 2Episode 1460 min

Borderline Girl

Judd assists another attorney in defending a mildly retarded young woman who readily admits to killing the young man she considered her boyfriend, saying that she did it because he told her to.

Epitaph on a Computer Card

Season 2Episode 1560 min

Epitaph on a Computer Card

A man finds his job and reputation being destroyed by a minor mistake on a computer card, and in his attempts to do something about it he may be digging himself in even deeper.

The Poisoned Tree

Season 2Episode 1660 min

The Poisoned Tree

The kleptomaniac daughter of a wealthy woman is charged with grand theft. She insists she is innocent, but proving it would involve telling a secret which could jeopardize her family situation.

The Law and Order Blues

Season 2Episode 1760 min

The Law and Order Blues

Crossover with "The Felony Squad".

Between the Dark and the Daylight

Season 2Episode 1860 min

Between the Dark and the Daylight

A student who has been acting as an undercover agent for the police narcotics squad is accused by several students of raping a girl. Judd defends him but believes more is motivating him than just a desire to keep his fellow students off of drugs.

Season 2Episode 1960 min

Runaway

Dan Miles comes to Reverend Barnaby Cutler's spiritual retreat to take his wife home, but she refuses to go. Soon Miles is found dead, and Cutler is charged with his murder. His claim that he does not even remember the events of the day make it look even worse for him.

Season 2Episode 2060 min

Visitation

After a recording of a conversation at one of his sessions is played, the prosecution charges that Barnaby Cutler planned the murder of victim Dan Miles with the help of his lover, Miles' wife.

The Holy Ground (1) - The Killing

Season 2Episode 2160 min

The Holy Ground (1) - The Killing

The Holy Ground (2) - The Killers

Season 2Episode 2260 min

The Holy Ground (2) - The Killers

Judd defends a college professor who's job is on the line after he invited a black militant lecturer to one of his events.

An Elephant in a Cigar Box

Season 2Episode 2360 min

An Elephant in a Cigar Box

A friend of Judd's is shot and killed while with his rebellious daughter and her horse. The girl claims it was an accident, but though he agrees to defend her Judd has trouble believing her version of the event, as does her mother.

The View from the Ivory Tower

Season 2Episode 2460 min

The View from the Ivory Tower

A divorced man, fearful that his ex-wife plans to leave the country with his son, also learns that he has no legal right to stop her according to the divorce agreement. While trying to find them, he gets into an argument with his brother-in-law and accidentally kills him.

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