Public Defender Movies

A young, inexperienced public defender is assigned to defend an inmate accused of committing murder while behind bars.

A young woman with a long rap sheet who steals cars for a living is befriended by a public defender who tries to steer her straight. But her goal is...

Lucy is apparently very confident, and quite "forward," as the saying used to be; she has made all the moves to pick up a staid lawyer-type for sex....

When a successful New York public defender loses his first case, he is pulled into a drug heist by a former client in an effort to beat the broken...

When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.

Recently released from prison, Beth is working with her public defender to get her son back from her sister, who was awarded legal custody while Beth...

When a depressed public defender ends his own life, he is sentenced to an eternity in Hell. However, after Satan takes notice of his skills, he is...

The story of Helena, a recently graduated attorney who works as a public defender of children and adolescents in the courts of the city of Santos,...

In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of...