The following tapes are from the 1996-1997 season of the Due Process.
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"1996-1997 Retrospective" - Host Raymond Brown and Managing Editor, Sandra King, review the second year of Due Process by updating the audience on changes in the law and new developments in the cases featured in the series this season.
"Attorney Ethics, Misconduct & Discipline" - Then NJSBA President Cynthia Jacob is the featured guest in this look at lawyers who fail to uphold their oath. Sandra King, meanwhile, features the New Jersey Fund for Client Protection in her taped piece.
"Boot Camp" - Then New Jersey Attorney General Peter Verniero and author Claude Brown examine the boot camp rehabilitation concept and its aftercare program. To set the scene, King shows us a graduation ceremony at the Wharton Tract Boot Camp and profiles a graduate of a similar program, who claims it has transformed his life.
"Chief Justice Poritz" - New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Deborah Poritz gives her first television interview since assuming the state's highest judicial office.
"Crime Statistics Down?" - Crime statistics are down all over the country. Raymond Brown and his studio guests, former Newark Police Director and Port Authority Police Superintendent Charles Knox and Rutgers University criminologist Marcus Felson discuss some of the possible reasons why. Sandra King takes a look at Newark's north ward with its private security patrol and talks to some of its residents.
"Deadbeat Dads" - Sandra King accompanies the Essex County Sheriff's Department on a pre-drawn raid, arresting fathers who are behind in child support payments and follows the accused "deadbeat dads" through their day in court. In the studio, Rutgers Law School professor and former New Jersey Public Advocate Alfred Slocum debates the state's get tough policy with State Senator Wayne Bryant.
"Divorce" - New Jersey's proposed new divorce legislation is debated by the current and former chairs of the N.J. State Bar's Family Law Section, Patricia Barbarito and Edward Snyder. Sandra King provides an up close look inside a divorce court through a mock divorce trial presented by the Hudson County Bar Association.
"Drug Legalization" - Guests, former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Jocelyn Elders and Newark Mayor Sharpe James debate drug policy. In the opening piece, Senior Producer Sandra King investigates the prison drug rehabilitation program at Southern State Prison.
"Fugitives" - Sandra King looks back at some of New Jersey's famous fugitives. Then, in the studio, bounty hunter Marion Sanders and defense attorney Brian Neary explore the consequences of running away from trial and punishment.
"Gay Partners" - Managing Editor Sandra King tells us about the five gay and lesbian Rutgers University faculty members who are suing the university to obtain health coverage for their partners. Host Raymond Brown discusses the rights of gays and lesbians in the workplace with attorney Robin Wernik, who specializes in gay rights and John Tomicki who wants to ban gay marriage in New Jersey.
"The High Tech Courtroom" - A visit to two Essex County Superior Court judges, who use this new technology daily in their courtrooms, is followed by a debate between Judge Alfred Wolin and defense attorney Alan Zegas.
"Legal Education" - Host Raymond Brown discusses the declining enrollment in law schools with Ronald J. Riccio, dean of Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark and Roger I. Abrams, dean of the Rutgers Law School - Newark. On-site interviews with students and faculty are also shown.
"Medical Marijuana" - Sandra King explores the arguments for and against using marijuana for medical purposes in an interview with multiple sclerosis patient Cheryl Miller of Toms River and her husband. Two doctors on opposite sides of the issue face off with host Ray Brown.
"Needle Exchange" - State Senator Wynona Lipman, Father Michael Orsi, a member of the Governor's Advisory Council on AIDS and drug rehabilitation expert David Kerr debate the issue of clean needle distribution to stop the spread of the HIV virus. New Brunswick's controversial needle exchange program, CHAI Project, is featured.
"Should Inmates Pay Their Way?" - Sandra King goes inside the Morris County Jail to explore the newest concept in incarceration - inmates paying rent to stay in jail. State Assemblyman Joel Weingarten, co-sponsor of the pending legislation, and inmate advocate Audrey J. Bomse are Raymond Brown's studio guests.
"Transracial Adoption" - Sandra King tells us about the Baby Rack case, involving a black natural father who is trying to regain custody of his child from white adoptive parents. Host Raymond Brown discusses the issue with licensed clinical social worker, Elizabeth McClendon, who specializes in adoption, Dr. Rita Simon who has written six books on transracial adoption and former Family Superior Court Judge Andrew Napolitano.
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