The Mississippi Season 2, Episode 2: Cradle to Grave

1

There is a Tiger in the Town

Ben comes to the aid of an elderly newspaper editor who, traumatized by his wife's death, took on the identity of Mark Twain, and is now accused of murdering the man suspected of killing his wife.

60 min

2

Cradle to Grave

Ben seeks to unravel an incriminating web of circumstantial evidence that links a mystery writer and his lover to murder.

60 min

3

The Trial of Ben Walker

Ben gets involved in the case of a teenager who claims that a doctor performed an unnecessary radical mastectomy on her mother.

60 min

4

The Last Voice You Hear

Ben is caught in a legal and emotional crossfire of embattled former spouses over who knows what is best for their nine-year-old child.

60 min

5

The Shooting

Former resident Margaret Hammond writes a best-seller, ""River Town"", about the place where she grew up, and lawyer Ben has to dig deep for a defense that will saver her from a libel charge by the town's most affluent family.

60 min

6

Peace with Honor

Ben returns to his roots as a prosecutor to imprison a man he unsuccessfully attempted to prosecute for murder 25 years ago and who has now committed a similar crime.

60 min

7

Joey

Ben takes on the medical profession in defense of a midwife who defies the law to practice the craft of child delivery with a skill rivaled by few obstetricians.

60 min

8

Crisis of Identity

Ben defends a private nurse who is charged with murder when the wealthy man for whom she was caring dies of a drug overdose.

60 min

9

Town Without Pity

A beautiful woman hires Ben to defend her young, retarded gardener Jerry against murder charges.

60 min

10

G.I. Blues

The mother of a man who has been murdered hires Ben to defend his wife, the primary suspect in the shooting death.

60 min

11

Between Fathers and Sons

A peaceful activist emerges from hiding to seek Ben's help in exonerating her of a 15-year-old murder charge.

60 min

12

The Big Leagues

Ben becomes involved in the defense of a rebellious teenager who maintains his innocence of armed robbery, yet is terrified to reveal the guilty parties.

60 min

13

Going Back to Hannibal

Ben defends the embittered survivor of a German concentration camp who is suspected of murdering a Nazi war criminal hiding in a small Mississippi river town.

60 min

14

Wheels of Justice

Ben defends a hot-headed ex-convict suspected of murdering both a foreman who recently fired him and a man who claimed to have seen him fleeing from the crime.

60 min

15

Informed Consent

Ben is asked by the army to defend a sergeant accused of slugging a fellow officer who he claims was trying to rape his daughter.

60 min

16

Abigail

An elderly farmer hires Ben to defend a young navy veteran who is accused of killing his father after an explosive argument.

60 min

17

Home Again

Ben finds himself working with a flamboyant, publicity-seeking attorney when he agrees to represent a professional football player facing trial on drug charges.

60 min