The People vs. Drake
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 17, 1971
Even though the father of a little girl has admitted to drowning his daughter, it's up to Ryan to show that it was pre-meditated murder.
Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Sep 17, 1971
Even though the father of a little girl has admitted to drowning his daughter, it's up to Ryan to show that it was pre-meditated murder.
Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Sep 24, 1971
Whether or not a suspect's confession is admissible is what will make or break a case of homicide.
Episode: 1x03 | Airdate: Oct 1, 1971
A law enforcement officer comes under scrutiny because of the number and type of deals he makes with the criminals he arrests.
Episode: 1x04 | Airdate: Oct 8, 1971
A student radical is arrested and charged with conspiracy to violate the law governing the control of a deadly weapon.
Episode: 1x05 | Airdate: Oct 15, 1971
A trial's outcome hinges on the testimony of a woman against a drug pusher. But her own substance induced emotional instability may undo the D.A.'s case.
Episode: 1x06 | Airdate: Oct 22, 1971
It's 1971, racial tensions are still very high and causing an extreme bottleneck in the court system.
Episode: 1x07 | Airdate: Nov 5, 1971
Deputy D.A. Paul Ryan and the District Attorney's Office is finding out just how difficult it is to get a conviction in a case of alleged child molestation.
Episode: 1x08 | Airdate: Nov 12, 1971
Things start to go south for Ryan's case when the District Attorney's main witness shows signs of a coming nervous breakdown.
Episode: 1x09 | Airdate: Nov 19, 1971
Illegal offshore oil dumping has become a major environmental problem and the D.A.'s office starts working night and day to catch the violators.
Episode: 1x10 | Airdate: Nov 26, 1971
A woman is raped by a hooded assailant. Ryan's case depends on if she can positively identify him without having ever seen his face.
Episode: 1x11 | Airdate: Dec 3, 1971
Just when Ryan declares a case ready to close, another person comes forward and confesses to the same crime, throwing the whole first case out the window.
Episode: 1x12 | Airdate: Dec 10, 1971
A man and woman have brought a case against another man, charging him with robbery. But Ryan is finding out that there is more to this than meets the eye as a strange relationship between the three unfolds.
Episode: 1x13 | Airdate: Dec 17, 1971
Ryan has to walk carefully but can't shrink back in the prosecution of a public official accused of corruption and extortion.
Episode: 1x14 | Airdate: Dec 24, 1971
There is no statue of limitations when it comes to a murder case, and Ryan now faces having to prosecute a murder that happened twenty years ago.
Episode: 1x15 | Airdate: Jan 7, 1972
A heartless furniture salesman who takes advantage of the poor and needy becomes Ryan's next target for prosecution.