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Peter Wolk

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Criminal JusticeCriminal Justice · 1990
Criminal Justice
★ 6.01990
MovieDrama
A knife-scarred victim must identify her assailant beyond a reasonable doubt. Meanwhile the accused is offered a deal if he pleads guilty. Is he as innocent as the victim? Is the justice system guiltier than both?
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell StoryFighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story · 2005
Fighting the Odds: The Marilyn Gambrell Story
★ 8.02005
MovieDramaTV Movie
Based on a true story, former parole officer Marilyn Gambrell and a colleague set up a pioneer trial-based program in one of America's toughest high schools to help the children of incarcerated parents regain control of their own lives and not expect the same thing to happen as it did to their parents. To the surprise of everyone, the program works, but the administration warns the duo that it will not last unless every senior student is able to pass his or her final exams and graduate with the class. As the end of the school year approaches, Gertz faces a crisis to save everything she believes in or lose it all
The Defenders: Choice of EvilsThe Defenders: Choice of Evils · 1998
The Defenders: Choice of Evils
★ 4.51998
MovieDramaTV Movie
The Defenders are a crack team of lawyers dedicated to one principle - the accused is innocent untill proven guilty. This time, they defend a man wrongly convicted of murder.
The Defenders: Taking the FirstThe Defenders: Taking the First · 1998
The Defenders: Taking the First
★ 5.81998
MovieDramaTV Movie
A racist provokes four teens into beating a Latino youth to death after one of his fiery speeches on a college campus. The Prestons are first called upon to defend one of the youths who gives testimony against the other three. Then, in a turnaround, the family of the murdered boy hires the Prestons to try to get a conviction against the racist.
The Defenders: PaybackThe Defenders: Payback · 1997
The Defenders: Payback
★ 4.51997
MovieCrimeDrama
Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Preston and Preston, senior partner, Lawrence Preston enlists his granddaughter, M.J, a former prosecutor, and his other son Don, a law professor, to continue the work of ensuring that every individual accused of a crime is entitled to a proper defense. In this telefilm, a father murders the rapist of his young daughter after the man is released from prison and moves back to his old neighborhood. The Prestons take the case even though the father is unrepentent and unwilling to offer the attorneys any help in finding legally mitigating circumstances for his actions.

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The Defenders: PaybackThe Defenders: Payback · 1997
The Defenders: Payback
★ 4.51997
MovieCrimeDrama
Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Preston and Preston, senior partner, Lawrence Preston enlists his granddaughter, M.J, a former prosecutor, and his other son Don, a law professor, to continue the work of ensuring that every individual accused of a crime is entitled to a proper defense. In this telefilm, a father murders the rapist of his young daughter after the man is released from prison and moves back to his old neighborhood. The Prestons take the case even though the father is unrepentent and unwilling to offer the attorneys any help in finding legally mitigating circumstances for his actions.

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