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The Public Defender (TV series) : ウィキペディア英語版 | The Public Defender (TV series)
''The Public Defender'' is a half-hour 69-episode television dramatic series starring Reed Hadley (1911-1974) as Bart Matthews, an attorney for the indigent.〔Alex McLeod, "The Public Defender", ''Total Television'', p. 677〕 The series aired on CBS from March 11, 1954 to June 23, 1955, a season and a half.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Public Defender'' on TV.com )〕 The series was sponsored by Philip Morris cigarettes; by the middle of its second season, Revlon cosmetics became an alternate sponsor. ==Premise== When this series was created by Mort R. Lewis and Sam Shayon, the concept of the public defender was little known in the United States except in capital cases.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=''The Public Defender'': Editorial Reviews )〕 A 1932 United States Supreme Court decision ''Powell v. Alabama'' clarified the need for public defenders for suspects accused of crimes which if convicted might lead to execution. The use of public defenders was broadened in 1962 in another high court case, ''Gideon v. Wainwright'' to include public defenders for all suspects charged with any level of felony, a broadening of the ''Powell'' ruling. ''The Public Defender'' purportedly based each episode on true cases, and each segment closes with a tribute to a public defender. Hadley portrays the stoic but driven public defender Bart Matthews, whose clients cannot otherwise afford expensive legal representation.〔
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