Trial by Media

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.

en
Documentary
Crime
Created By

Grant HeslovGeorge Clooney

First Aired on

May 11, 2020

1 seaons till May 11, 2020

Popularity: 11.0513
32 votes
Networks
Production

Supper Club (US)Smoke House Pictures (US)

Status: Ended

Show Ended

Last episode: Blago!

Seasons & episodes

Total 1 seasons, 6 episodes

Season 1

Aired

6 Episodes
  • Episode 1Talk Show Murder64 min

    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 filed against the producers and distributors of the show by Amedure's family.

  • Episode 2Subway Vigilante62 min

    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 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.

  • Episode 341 Shots65 min

    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-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.

  • Episode 4King Richard65 min

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

  • Episode 5Big Dan's59 min

    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.

Top Cast

Crew & Team

George Clooney

Executive Producer

Grant Heslov

Executive Producer

David Gelb

Executive Producer

Cristobal Hernandez

Production Assistant

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