First Monday

Season 1

13 episodes · Jan 15, 2002

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  • S1E1

    Pilot

    Jan 15, 200260m

    New Justice Joseph Novelli reports for the first Monday in October and handles his first case: whether to grant a stay of execution to an inmate who survived a lightning strike.

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  • S1E2

    Age of Consent

    Jan 18, 200260m

    Justice Novelli is uncertain of his position when the court must decide if a North Dakota court decision to allow a 16-year-old girl to get an abortion should stand.

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  • S1E3

    The Price of Liberty

    Jan 25, 200260m

    The Court must rule on sixth-amendment rights when a murder witness requests to testify in a mask after three previous witnesses are killed.

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  • S1E4

    Crime and Punishment

    Feb 1, 200260m

    Justice Novelli once again finds he's the swing vote when the Court is divided on whether to uphold the three-strikes law carrying a 25-years-to-life sentence for third-strike misdemeanors.

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  • S1E5

    Family Affairs

    Feb 8, 200260m

    A senator with a grudge against Justice Novelli gives a reporter photos of Novelli's uncle accepting an envelope from a Chicago mobster, hoping the photo will discredit the Justice.

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  • S1E6

    Dangerous Words

    Mar 1, 200260m

    As the court considers whether to uphold a decision that protects a Web site calling for the murder of abortion doctors, Novelli is threatened on the Internet.

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  • S1E7

    Right to Die

    Mar 8, 200260m

    Justice Hoskins takes a passionate interest in the Court's case of a woman who wants to terminate life support for her husband, who has been in a coma for nine years.

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  • S1E8

    Court Date

    Mar 29, 200260m

    A high-school basketball star appeals to the Supreme Court when the NBA refuses to let him play professionally until he finishes school.

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  • S1E9

    Secrets and Lies

    Apr 5, 200260m

    The Court must decide whether to uphold Megan's Law when they hear the case of a convicted sex offender who was harassed and threatened after registering.

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  • S1E10

    Unprotected Speech

    Apr 12, 200260m

    The case of a teen accused of violating the Child Pornography Protection Act by morphing his friends' faces with bodies of porn actors on an Internet site.

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  • S1E11

    Strip Search

    Apr 19, 200260m

    The Court must determine whether a man's Constitutional rights were violated when the police took his blood sample out of a hospital dumpster to obtain DNA.

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  • S1E12

    Showdown

    Apr 22, 200260m

    As the Court debates whether a town's ban on guns is unconstitutional, a senator offers Justice Snow information on a colleague that could affect the final decision. Also: Justice Hoskins hosts his annual party, where Ellie catches Miguel's eye; and Chief Justice Brankin and his wife celebrate 40 years of marriage.

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  • S1E13

    Family Secrets

    May 3, 200260m

    The Court must decide whether to allow a book culled from the tapes of a deceased CIA officer to be published or allow censorship in order to protect national security.

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