Miller's Court - Show of Force #49

DateApril 9 1984

Can DescriptionsMaster Miller's Court X4056 (Deadly Force) "Show of Force" No. 49 Rec. 4-9-84 Air. 5-5-84

AbstractMiller's Court: Show of Force; Police officers pull over a driver for running a stop sign and then end up shooting a passenger; Arthur Miller introduces the lawyers, Michael Avery and Herman Gotcher, who will argue each side of the question of whether the officer is guilty of manslaughter; black screen breaks; the lawyers are asked about their strategies in presenting their arguments; the jurors are asked about what they thought of the merits of the arguments; 7 jurors voted the police officer guilty of manslaughter and 5 voted not guilty;

OtherIn the studio Arthur Miller, Diane Sherlock, Bob Comiskey, Karen M. Colbert, Mary Ellen Hayes, Linda Adler, Bruce Goldman, Stephanie Levin, Emmons S. Levine, Frank Gallozzi, Skip Peabody, Zip Bradwell, Karl Lorencic, Ed Paolino, Joe Mozdiez, Richie O'Neill, Gretchen Soehner, Alan Pratt, Roger Rice, Peter Walent, Jim Watson, Sumner Shain, Geoff Sullivan, Doug Divitt, George Ellard, Ed Dadulak, Howie Rouse, Scott Philbrick, Scott O'Breza, Ted Talanian, Glen Robbins, Carol Fatta, Eric Roth, Linda Adler, Rose Mele, Alex Schapira, Alan Ritsko, Ed Andre, Jim Gilbert, David Erskine, Leon Wilson III, Rockne Ragsdale, George Capaccio, Netta O'Brien, Stephen Minkofsky, North Quincy High School, Claude Pelanne, William C. Brennan, J. Clifford Curley;