Miller's Court - The Last Straw #55

DateSeptember 26 1984

Can DescriptionsMaster Miller's Court X3290 (Diminished Responsibility) "The Last Straw" No. 55 Rec. 9-26-84 Air. 10-6-84

AbstractMiller's Court: The Last Straw; An elderly man is taunted in his yard by a group of young men until he pulls out a small caliber handgun and shoots at the group to disperse them, killing one of the boys; he is charged with murder; William Kunkle and Patrick Williams represent each side of the case before a jury; Arthur Miller asks the lawyers about their strategies and asks the jurors about how persuaded they were that the intent was murder rather than an accident which would be manslaughter; 8 jurors voted for manslaughter, and 4 for murder;

OtherIn the studio Arthur Miller, Diane Sherlock, Bob Comiskey, Karen M. Colbert, Mary Ellen Hayes, Linda Adler, Bruce Goldman, Stephanie Levin, Emmons S. Levine, Rob Sturgeon, Chris O'Hare, Dick Anderson, Karl Lorencic, Wayne Smith, Steve Bailey, Richie O'Neill, David Teixeira, Carolyn Stirling, Libe Stril-Rever, Howie Rouse, Jam Hakim, Isaac Laughinghouse, Ted Talanian, Mike Field, Larry McCarthy, John Bruckner, Peter Monaghan, Mike Russell, Michael Grana, Alan Ritsko, Ed Andre, Jim Gilbert, Joseph Kearney, Eliezer Arce, Rob Slpruill, Seth Goldstein, Adam Gulinello, Netta O'Brien, Stephen Minkofsky, Middlesex School, Concord, MA, Claude Pelanne, William C. Brennan, J. Clifford Curley;