Summary: Will Burton is a junior barrister of peerless intellect and winning charm, who specializes in spiriting people out of tight legal corners. Much to the aggravation of his courtroom rival, Maggie Gardner, Will has never lost a case. His talents acquit serial killer Liam Foyle of murder, and it is only a matter of time until Foyle kills again.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV ESC

Summary: It is a stunning psychological thriller about a respected female scientist and the single irrational act that leads to her standing trial for murder. Yvonne Carmichael, is a married woman living a quiet life with her husband and two children. Her world is turned upside down when a chance meeting with Mark Costley leads to a passionate affair and a moment of shocking violence. Her only way out...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV APP

Summary: "Gallifrey. Planet of the Time lords. The Doctor has finally come home, but not by choice. Summoned by a vision from the Matrix, he is drawn into a web of political intrigue and assassination. Nothing is quite what it seems, and in the shadows lurks his oldest and deadliest enemy"--Container.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Video 2009

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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV DOC

Summary: A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom drama, Anatomy of a murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2012

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA ANA

Summary: A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife. A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex. More than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2012

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DRAMA ANA

Summary: Based on the 2011 murder of Betsy Faria that resulted in her husband, Russ' conviction. When his conviction was overturned, the crime set off a chain of events that exposed a diabolical scheme deeply involving Pam Hupp.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV THI

Summary: Set in 1901. After a heated misunderstanding due to poor translation leads to the death of a lawman, Mexican American farmer Gregorio Cortez sets off in desperate flight from the Texas Rangers, evading a massive manhunt on horseback for days.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2018

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1 available in Western DVDs, Call number: DVD WESTERN BAL

Summary: The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his 'family'.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment 2004

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA HEL

Summary: A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tension to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY TIM

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TIM

Summary: Inspired by the shocking true story of the family behind the Italian fashion empire. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately, murder.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Universal 2022

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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY HOU

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOU

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD HOU

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Summary: In this fact-based story, a convict is confined to the dungeons of Alcatraz for three years in isolation after a failed escape. When he at last emerges from the total darkness, he's confused, savage, barely human, and he immediately kills the stoolie who ratted on his escape. It's an open-and-shut case of Murder One. But his resolute attorney puts Alcatraz and its sadistic associate warden on...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1999

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MUR

Summary: In 1949, an innocent man, Timothy Evans, is charged with the gruesome slaying of his wife and baby. Convicted by the testimony of his landlord, John Christie, a mild-mannered ex-policeman, Evans is sentenced to hang. However, after the execution, evidence reveals that the real psychotic killer is continuing his mass murder spree. Public outcry over this true case led to Great Britain's...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2010

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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY TEN

Summary: Arizona in the late 1800s. Infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the train that will take the killer to trial. On the trail, Evans and Wade, each from very different worlds, begin to earn...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2008

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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD THR RATED R

Summary: Affable Jim Williams is hosting one of the most important parties of the Savannah Christmas season. John Kelso is a magazine reporter who finds himself amid the beautiful architecture and odd doings to write a feature on the party. His curiosity is piqued when he meets Jim's violent, young and sexy lover, Billy. Later that night, Billy is dead, and Kelso stays on to cover the murder trial....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2010

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2 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY MID

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Summary: In 1920s London, brutal and bloodthirsty murder has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily's dedicated housekeeper Janet Mcintyre stands by in court....

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2017

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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV WIT

Summary: Chicago, 1924. Two young men, one bossy and intimidating, the other sensitive and introverted, thought their superior intellect would enable them to pull off "The perfect crime." The result is a sensational case with defense attorney Jonathan Wilk putting capital punishment itself on trial.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA COM

Summary: Told from the perspective of the lawyers, it explores the chaotic dealings behind closed doors and how prosecution overconfidence, defense shrewdness and shocking courtroom twists led to one of the most earth-shattering verdicts of all time. It is based on the best-selling book The Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson by Jeffrey Toobin.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2016

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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV AME

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Summary: Inspired by a true story, The Staircase follows writer and war veteran Michael Peterson after the suspicious death of his wife Kathleen. On December 9, 2001, Michael makes a frantic 911 call reporting Kathleen has fallen down the stairs of their Durham, NC home. But when the district attorney brings murder charges, members of Michael's blended family must choose whose side they're on and which...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2022

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2 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV STA

Summary: The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Warner Home Video 2007

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA MAN

Florio, John

Summary: Relates the story of how in the early 1920s, as a Red Scare gripped America, two Italian immigrants, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, were wrongly accused, tried, and executed for murder, making front-page headlines as they maintained their innocence to the very end.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2023

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