For the People

E1 Episode 1: To Prosecute All Crimes

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• 1h
• Jan 31, 1965

Assistant New York District Attorney Cliff Sellers takes his cases to the street to find out the truth. Koster is on the trail of mobster Johnny Pack, but Pack, who claims he's gone straight, is a hard man to indict.

E2 Episode 2: Guilt Shall Not Escape nor Innocence Suffer

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• Feb 14, 1965

A bum is charged with burglary and assault and battery on a police officer and Koster is sure his case is airtight. The vagrant confesses to the assault but swears he had nothing to do with the theft.

E3 Episode 3: The Influence of Fear

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• Feb 21, 1965

The public is demanding the death penalty for a Puerto Rican boy charged with the murder of an old woman.

E4 Episode 4: Act of Violence (2)

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• Feb 28, 1965

E5 Episode 5: Between Candor and Shame

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• Mar 7, 1965

A bookstore owner files suit against a police officer for defamation and false arrest after he displays a dirty book in his store.

E6 Episode 6: The Killing Of One Human Being

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• Mar 14, 1965

ADA David Koster is puzzled why Louis Cahane, charged with first degree murder, is very confident he'll easily get off.

E7 Episode 7: Dangerous to the Public Peace and Safety

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• Mar 21, 1965

An emotionally disturbed teen-ager is on the run from police who suspect the boy is a serial killer of six young women.

E8 Episode 8: Secure Any Special Privilege or Advantage

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• Mar 28, 1965

Ernie Garatella is an actor by trade and apparently played his part just a little too well. He gets arrested for the impersonation of a police officer.

E9 Episode 9: The Right to Kill

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• Apr 4, 1965

Unfortunately, the evidence does not seem to support a prison guard's claim that he had to kill in self defense.

E10 Episode 10: With Intent to Influence

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• Apr 11, 1965

If evidence of a government official's involvement in a past political scandal is made public, the nomination for state assemblyman will quickly go away.

E11 Episode 11: Seized, Confined and Detained

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• Apr 25, 1965

Bobby Haviland is in great danger, not just from the kidnappers who have seized him, but from the diabetic shock he may go into from the lack of insulin.

E12 Episode 12: Any Benevolent Purpose

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• May 2, 1965

The director of a large charity gets a finger pointed at him for embezzlement of donations after a low level hood gets arrested and wants to make a deal.

E13 Episode 13: A Competent Witness

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• May 9, 1965

Koster has a witness who can identify the killer of a cop, only the witness is an ex-con and will be ripped apart on the stand because of his background.