Judgment With Ashleigh Banfield

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This new weekly signature newsmagazine series will bring viewers storytelling at its best from the archives of the Court TV library, incorporating the most popular cases in the vault past and present that have captured national attention.
Florida v. Anthony
S1 E1

The mystery surrounding the death of Caylee Anthony grips the nation; the only thing more shocking than the testimony is the verdict itself.

Florida v. Carlton
S1 E8

Tommy Carlton owed his ex-wife Elizabeth $85,000 in back child support; so he allegedly paid a hit man $2,000 to make her go away permanently; the hit man was an undercover cop and Elizabeth helped stage her demise.

Florida v. Wuornos
S1 E9

Aileen Wuornos sold her body to survive; this generated a deep-seated rage for those who would pay for her services which allegedly resulted in the deaths of seven Florida men.

Florida v. Nelson
S1 E10

When ex-con Scott Nelson looked at middle-aged nanny Jennifer Fulford he allegedly saw a target for his rage; Nelson had other plans when he entered the courtroom for his trial.

New Jersey v. Ravi
S1 E19

Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi and Dharun Ravi had only been roommates for a few weeks when Ravi decided to secretly film Tyler kissing another man; soon after, Clementi took his own life and Ravi faced surprising criminal charges.

Florida v. Hartung
S1 E20

The murders of Voncile Smith and her sons John and Richard set Pensacola, Florida on edge; the courts try to decide if this was an occult ritual or something much more basic: greed.

Florida v. Benayer
S1 E21

As the saying goes, he who represents himself in court has a fool for a client; in the case of Marc Benayer, who shot a man in his synagogue parking lot, was he a fool or did his mental illness affect whether the jury would find him guilty?

Florida v. Ferrell
S1 E22

As shocking as the brutal double murder committed by vampire obsessed teenaged Rod Ferrell was, nobody expected him to plead guilty at the start of his trial, leaving just the monumental question of how young is too young for the death penalty.

Wisconsin v. Jensen
S1 E36

Julie Jensen suspected her husband and the father of her children Mark Jensen wanted her dead, so she put pen to paper telling the world just that; Mark Jensen's lawyer attempts to use that same letter to prove that Julie framed him.

Michigan v. Pyne
S1 E37

Jeffery Pyne was every parent's dream in so many ways, so many wonder what drove him to commit the brutal murder of his own mother.

Michigan v. Seaman
S1 E38

Nancy Seaman doesn't deny killing her husband Robert with a hatchet; either she planned it or the murder was a desperate attempt to save her own life after what she claims was three decades of physical and emotional abuse.

Michigan v. Schmitz
S1 E39

Scott Amedure thought the "Jenny Jones Show" was the perfect place to reveal to his friend Jonathan Schmitz that he had a crush on him; three days later, Schmitz shot Amedure to death.

Michigan v. Kevorkian
S1 E40

Dr. Jack Kevorkian thought it was an act of mercy to help over 130 terminally ill patients die a peaceful, pain-free death; Michigan prosecutors said it was murder and spent years trying to get a jury to agree with them.

Washington v. Letourneau
S1 E41

Mary Kay Letourneau, 34-year-old married schoolteacher and mother, was having sex with a 12-year-old student, and the story grabbed headlines around the world; it's only the first in a series of wild revelations.

Washington v. Foos
S1 E42

Reverend Randall Foos says it was just an unfortunate accident when his car hit and killed 19-year-old Sara Casey as she rode her bicycle, but a civil suit revealed more than the eye could see, or couldn't, that turned this accident into a crime.

Washington v. Haq
S1 E43

No one argued that Naveed Haq suffered from mental health issues; he walked into the Seattle Jewish Federation office, started shooting, wounding six women and killing one; the jury has to decide if his mental health issues make it less of a crime.

Oregon v. Worthington
S1 E44

When 15-month-old Ava Worthington became ill with a cold, her parents Carl and Raylene did what they always did, and insisted the power of prayer was the only cure she needed.

Oregon v. Beagley
S1 E45

Prosecutors say the death of 16-year-old Neil Beagley was completely preventable; so much so his parents are charged with criminally negligent homicide.

Colorado v. Andrade
S1 E46

Friends and family of Angie Zapata say she never hid from the men she dated that she was a transgender woman; Michael Andrade claims she did, and that the revelation drove him to brutally murder her.

Colorado v. Nelson
S1 E47

Police dispatcher Shawna Nelson thought she had committed the perfect crime when she shot her romantic rival Heath Garraus' execution style, but she underestimated the abilities of the very police department she worked for.

California v. Winslow
S1 E48

NFL star Kellen Winslow II seemingly had it all when he left the game behind, but five women came forward to accuse him of rape and other sex crimes.