Street Legal Season 3, Episode 7: Murder by Video

1

A Powerful Prison Story

Disconsolate and angry about the suspicious shooting death of his brother by a prison guide, fellow inmate Tony Azzarello seeks advice from Carrie Barr.

60 min

2

The Waiting Chair

Leon is asked to defend Ray Gilson, an American purse snatcher. Charged with first-degree murder in Florida, the black youth faces almost certain extradition and possibly the electric chair.

60 min

3

Elliot vs. McTavish

Chuck finds himself at odds with his partners and his wife when he represents the head of an anti-abortion group who has caused Joan Elliot to miscarry during a demonstration outside an abortion clinic.

60 min

4

State of Mind

Judge John Caldwell, who Carrie earlier accused of racism, hires her to defend him on a murder charge.

60 min

5

The Homecoming

Leon is horrified when a TV newscaster names a juvenile offender he is representing on air which is not permitted under Canadian law.

60 min

6

Mondo Condo

Chuck's friend, Walter, wants Chuck to help him acquire funding for condos; Olivia's client is a wheelchair-bound actor who was rejected for a commercial for a handicapped-aid agency; Carrie agrees to go out with Nick.

60 min

7

Murder by Video

A morbid young man, Dave involves his school friend Rob in the making of a video. But the project ends in tragedy when Dave is killed and Rob is charged with criminal negligence.

60 min

8

Whose Woods are These

Conspiracy, sabotage and betrayal lead to tragedy for Leon's client a radical environmentist intent on saving a forest from destruction by a greedy land developer.

60 min

9

Act of Silence

Carrie struggles with her personal and legal ethics while defending an unbalanced religious fanatic charged with murdering a prositute.

60 min

10

Equal Partners

When Leon represents an old friend with AIDS in a divorce case, he expects the worst, but not from his partners. While his wife is out of town,Chuck asks Olivia out for a dinner, but at the end she gets an unexpected brush off. When Lisa returns, her and Chuck settle on trial separation.

60 min

11

Cat and Mouse

As a challenge to each other, Olivia and Carrie swap cases to see if they can handle the types of cases the other usually handles. The results aren't what either one expected.

60 min

12

Basketball Story

Carrie's client Wendel ""Sky"" Walker is a talented basketball star who may lose his college scholarship and a chance at the NBA as a result of a drug charge. Leon negotiates custody of a violin in a divorce settlement. Sparks fly between Chuck and Olivia as they represent a computer programer.

60 min

13

Principles

Chuck and Olivia try to help a young Mennonite who's been swindled out of five million dollars, but face stiff opposition from the con man's lawyer and the Mennonite community itself. Leon's defiance over the treatment of the homeless lands him in jail.

60 min

14

Brotherhoods

Carrie finally gets to meeet Nick's mother but suddenly she and Nick face the end of their relationship when Carrie proves that Mario Pestano, a father figure to Nick, is a corrupt cop.

60 min

15

Beauties and Beasts

Chuck becomes emotionally involved when he represents Angeline Chante, a 15-year-old model suing her mother. Leon helps a woman enforce her sister's living will. Olivia tells Carrie that she and Chuck are lovers.

60 min

16

In Search Of A Dream

Leon represents Ryan Lewis in an official-guardian case that calls into question the ancient Ojibway ritual of Dreamquest.

60 min

17

Slipping Through the Cracks

Carrie defends her young cousin Ricky Palmer twice before learning that he has been diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic.

60 min

18

Conflict of Interest

Chuck's latest get-rich-quick scheme ends disasrrously when he is accused of conflict of interest and charged with fraud over a shady business deal. Olivia and Gloria expose a puppymill.

60 min

19

World-Class City

Tensions between Leon and Chuck esculate when they learn they are representing opposing sides in a land-development dispute.

60 min