Miller's Court - Killing Him Softly #23

DateApril 11 1983

Can DescriptionsMaster Miller's Court X2405 Killing Him Softly No. 23 Rec. 4-11-83 Air. 4-24-83

AbstractMiller's Court; Killing Him Softly; theme song and visuals; a patient rests motionless in a medical facility while mother and son talk about the patient's suffering; the son leaves; the mother who is also the patient's wife kisses him as he says he just can't do any more; mercy killing is the legal issue; JoAnn Harris and Albert Krieger represent each side of the question; black screen breaks; a jury listens to the lawyers present arguments in favor and against mercy killing; financial motivation is considered; the lawyers talk to each other about their strategies; 8 jurors voted to convict the defendant of murder by administering a lethal dose of morphine, and 4 voted her innocent of murder;

In the studio Arthur Miller, Julie Sattler Rosene, William Lowell, Diane Sherlock, Mary Ellen Hayes, Bruce Goldman, Joe Jacob, Emmons S. Levine, Jay Gravina, Skip Peabody, Bill Frewald, Lisa Borge, Karl Lorencic, Wayne Smith, Isiah Bradwell, Richie O'Neill, Alan Pratt, Peter Walent, Sumner Shain, Geoff Sullivan, Doug Divitt, Jeff Brawer, Ed Dadulak, Ellen Boyce, Scott Philbrick, Ted Talanian, Glenn Robbins, Carol Fatta, Eric Roth, Linda Adler, Rose Mele, Alex Schapira, Alan Ritsko, Ed Andre, Jim Gilbert, Barbara Orson, Tuggelin Yougrau, John Drabik, Netta O'Brien, Stephen Minkofsky, KNTV, San Jose, CA, WABC, New York, NY, Claude Pelanne, William C. Brennan, J. Clifford Curley;