Mallory: Circumstantial Evidence

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This fascinating movie of the week stars Raymond Burr as a once celebrated lawyer (a la Perry Mason) who weathered a false accusation, and now has a struggling practice. He gets his chance at renewal, when he has to defend the nephew of a rich businessman who had his nephew arrested for claiming the boy stole his car after an argument they had, and now wants him to sit in County Jail to "teach him a lesson". After Mallory convinces him to get the boy out of that hell-hole, they discover that the boy is now in maximum security after having killed an inmate who tried to sexually abuse him the night before. Mallory must now defend the boy, having to battle a corrupt DA's office who continue to throw obstacles in his way to prevent an honest trial.