Thu, Oct 5, 1967
Judd takes the case of a pregnant young woman who was found outside the scene of a burglary and charged with it. She is actually covering for her boyfriend who committed the crime, but after her conviction and giving birth, she decides to name him as the perpetrator so her baby won't be given away for adoption. But Judd learns that the man is on death row for an earlier killing and scheduled to be executed in a few days.
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Thu, Oct 12, 1967
Judd represents architect Paul Christopher in his suit against a former police chief turned special investigator, who is ruthlessly harassing Christopher in his attempt to prove him guilty of conspiracy in the assassination of a mayor. Judd and Ben also get a taste of the investigator's wrath, which they suspect has a personal motive.
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Thu, Nov 23, 1967
An old classmate of Ben's is accused of the brutal and senseless murder of three young women in a park. Though it is obvious to both Judd and Ben that the man needs psychiatric help, he still insists he is completely innocent of the murders---and so does a psychic friend of his.
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Thu, Jan 11, 1968
After his client Bruzzy Burke is convicted, Judd continues to work to try to appeal the conviction, even though he is fired by Bruzzy's millionaire father. His first step is to discredit the witness whose surprise testimony led to the conviction, and to use new witnesses---but one of them winds up dead.
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Thu, Jan 18, 1968
As a member of a national committee of attorneys assigned to civil rights cases, Judd must defend a client he'd prefer not to: a Southern sheriff charged with violating the civil rights of a harassed Northern writer who was found dead shortly after the sheriff was seen taking him away in his car.
Thu, Feb 1, 1968
Judd is called to the home of an assistant to a high-powered millionaire industrialist, where he is shown the body of a man in a boat. He finds that he has a hard time getting to the truth about how the man died, as the industrialist is telling everyone what to say and not say. Eventually the assistant confesses to killing the man, claiming the victim attacked his wife. But Judd feels people are still not telling him the full truth.
Thu, Feb 8, 1968
A onetime film star, hoping for a comeback, asks Judd to represent a scriptwriter to help him get out of a restrictive contract with a Hollywood producer. But the contract is more ironclad than was first realized, and soon that becomes a moot point, as the producer is murdered and the writer is charged with the crime.
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Thu, Feb 22, 1968
A headstrong, controversial priest answers a desperate call from one of his students, a young woman who has been obviously smitten with him. She tells him she is going to kill herself unless he comes to her apartment. The priest comes, only to find himself in a situation in which the girl's boyfriend is accidentally shot and killed. Judd defends the priest, but the case is complicated by the emotionally unstable girl's refusal to cooperate and tell the truth.
Thu, Mar 14, 1968
In Juvenile Court, without benefit of counsel, 17-year-old Kenny Carter, Jr. is consigned to the county Juvenile Home for three years based on the charge of stealing and wrecking a car, for which he vaguely denies guilt. Judd steps in to uphold Carter's full rights under due process, but Carter is reluctant to cooperate, as he is concealing a terrible secret.