"Defendants On the Hot Seat" Week On Court TV Daytime Highlights Dramatic Testimony Where the Accused Fight for Their Lives.Entertainment Editors NEW YORK--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--May 23, 2002 Key Defendant Testimony From The Network's Notable Trials Airs May 27-31 Court TV daytime will air the most exciting and compelling moments of trials - when the defendant takes the hot seat and attempts to convince the jury of his innocence. From May 28-31, Court TV's daytime trial coverage programs - Open Court (9-11a.m. ET/PT), Trial Heat (11a.m.-1p.m.), Both Sides (1-3p.m.) and an extended Closing Arguments (3-6p.m.) - will put the spotlight on defendants who made the risky decision to address the jury directly, in some cases literally fighting for their lives as they faced life in prison or even the death penalty. The schedule is as follows: Tuesday, May 28 - Prominent New Jersey Rabbi Fred Neulander Rabbi Fred Neulander (born August 14, 1941) was the founding Rabbi of the Congregation M'Kor Shalom Reform Temple in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. He was convicted of paying hitmen Len Jenoff and Paul Daniels $18,000 to kill his wife Carol on November 1, 1994. takes the stand accused of hiring a hitman to kill his wife. Neulander's trial ended in a hung jury and he faces a retrial retrial n. a new trial granted upon the motion of the losing party, based on obvious error, bias or newly-discovered evidence. (See: newly-discovered evidence) later this year. Wednesday, May 29 - Controversial talk show host Jerry Springer is in the hot seat on Open Court and Trial Heat and finds himself on the receiving end of questioning when he was called to explain whether the violent disputes between guests on his popular show are real or staged. In the afternoon, Both Sides and Closing Arguments will air the testimony of Boston area physician Dirk Greineder, who was accused of the murder of his wife Mabel. Thursday, May 30 - The case that rocked New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. - the shooting death of an unarmed Amadou Diallo Amadou Bailo Diallo (September 2, 1975 – February 4, 1999) was a 23-year-old immigrant to the United States from Guinea, who was shot and killed on February 4, 1999, by four New York City Police Department plain-clothed officers; Sean Carroll, Richard Murphy, Edward McMellon by police - is revisited with the testimony of the four officers as they recount the confrontation with Diallo in front his apartment building in the Bronx. Friday, May 31 - Erik and Lyle Menendez, accused of gunning down their parents, take the stand, and tell the jury that they killed after years of abuse at their father's hand. Court TV will re-air their testimony from what remains one of the network's most famous trials. Court TV (www.courttv.com or AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Keyword: Court TV), a basic cable network, provides a window on the American system The term American System can mean one of the following:
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