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[A]ll I really want people to do is think and get smarter, [which] has always been my goal [with my TV shows.] If you could come away a little bit more informed, a little more educated, so that your opinion has a certain girth, that’s my goal.
— Judge Judy Sheindlin, in comments given to Law.com, on her new series, “Justice on Trial,” which airs on Prime Video. The show reenacts and recreates the trials in seven historic court cases using a combination of reenactments of the crimes and recreations of the trials. “I’m not telling you what to think,” Sheindlin said. “You watch the scenario, and [ask] ‘did the courts get it right?’ At the end of the day, whether you are a lawyer or a layman, you wonder whether justice was served.”
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