Trial by Media

After Jonathan Schmitz murders his friend Scott Amedure following an infamous appearance on The Jenny Jones Show, the shows future is brought into the limelight as a civil suit is filed against the producers and distributors of the show by Amedures family.

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.

The case of Cheryl Araujo: After a woman is raped on a bars pool table, the trial is televised live on CNN, revealing the womans identity and the brutal cross-examination.