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209:. When the inaugural season was telecast in 2002, its first episode was re-slotted to be telecast later, when numerous public feedback was received by the station complaining that it was too graphic after watching trailers for the pilot episode. The show was also pushed back to a 10 p.m. time slot from the fourth episode onwards as a result. Nonetheless, the hype helped the show to enjoy favourable viewership ratings. Over five years, a total of five seasons had been telecasted, with the final season airing in 2007. 31: 701:, when the date of execution for that accused was revealed near to the end of the episode. This background would continue to be used at the end of most episodes in Seasons 2 and 3, either revealing the date of execution or the verdict for the accused, or any important information or records (such as in 685:
The closing credits for Seasons 1 and 2 flipped from page to page on a black screen, accompanied by random music. In Season 3, the closing credits scrolled from bottom-to-top in a red background similar to a scene in the opening sequence, featuring the allegory of justice found at the entrance of the
697:, despite appearing in the opening sequence throughout the first season (and the opening sequence would remain unchanged throughout the entire telecast), only appeared as a background in one of the last episodes for that season, 690:; as well as accompaniment by only the opening theme music. This background and music continued to be used for closing credits in Seasons 4 and 5, except that the credits flipped from page to page as per Seasons 1 and 2. 231:). 60 out of 62 episodes (except for The Bukit Merah Maid Trial and Girl Thrown To Her Death episodes) is available on the said website from 5 February 2016 onwards. 559:
5. (30 April 2006): Bungled Burglary (CC 12/1991 - Public Prosecutor v Tan Chee Hwee and Another, CCA 14/1992 - Tan Chee Hwee and Another v Public Prosecutor)
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7. (6 December 2004): The Tooth Fragment (Public Prosecutor v Nadasan Chandra Secharan SGHC 228, Nadasan Chandra Secharan v Public Prosecutor SGCA 3) (See:
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11. (3 January 2005): Fatal Step (Public Prosecutor v Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah SGHC 138, Public Prosecutor v Abdul Nasir bin Amer Hamsah (1997)) (See:
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8. (21 May 2006): Deaf Mute Dead (CC 3/2003 - Public Prosecutor v Tan Chun Seng, CA/CCA 2/2003 - Tan Chun Seng v Public Prosecutor)
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5. (23 September 2003): Murder Of Inspector T. Maniam (CC 59/1999 - Public Prosecutor v Loganatha Venkatesan and Others) (See:
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becomes the new legal consultant for this docu-drama from Season 3 onwards, which first aired in the following year (2004).
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6. (11 February 2007): The Orchard Towers Double Murder (CC 17/2006 - Public Prosecutor v McCrea Michael) (See also:
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11. (4 November 2003): Jealousy Knows No Limit (CC 36/1985 - Public Prosecutor v Vasavan Sathiadew and Others) (See:
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7. (7 October 2003): Murder Of Her Landlady (CC 46/1997 - Public Prosecutor v Mansoor s/o Abdullah and Others) (See:
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11. (11 June 2006): Fall Of Death (CC 6/2004 - Public Prosecutor v Lee Harith Gary (alias Lee Cheng Thiam)) (See:
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11. (11 July 2002): Trusting Your Killer (Public Prosecutor v Shaiful Edham bin Adam and Another SGHC 364) (See:
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10. (4 June 2006): Death in the Bath (Suit 600211/2000 - Yap Chwee Khim v American Home Assurance Co and Others)
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1. (26 August 2003): Murder He Wrote (CC 59/2001 - Public Prosecutor v Anthony Ler Wee Teang and Another) (See:
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1. (2 April 2006): The Bukit Merah Maid Trial (CC 19/2003 - Public Prosecutor v Sundarti Supriyanto) (See:
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8. (14 October 2003): Murder Of The Italian Lady (CC 7/1992 - Public Prosecutor v Maksa bin Tohaiee) (See:
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4. (23 April 2006): Baby Killer (CC 15/2003 - Public Prosecutor v Soosainathan s/o Dass Saminathan) (see:
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1. (23 April 2002): Gold Bars Triple Murders (Public Prosecutor v Chou Hock Guan Andrew and Others) (See:
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7. (14 May 2006): Murder of the Caretaker (CC 8/2004 - Public Prosecutor v Zailani bin Ahmad) (See also:
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9. (20 December 2004): Girl Thrown To Her Death (Public Prosecutor v Neville Hensley Anthony) (see also:
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13. (18 November 2003): The Story Of Koh Swee Beng (CC 1/1989 - Public Prosecutor v Koh Swee Beng) (See:
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8. (4 March 2007): The Shenton Way Shootout (CC 33/2004 - Public Prosecutor v Khor Kok Soon) (See also:
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12. (11 November 2003): The Male Woman (CC 6/1993 - Public Prosecutor v Chin Seow Noi and Others) (See:
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8. (13 December 2004): The Moving Mini Murder (Public Prosecutor v Lee Chor Pet and Others) (See also:
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1. (25 October 2004): The Pulau Senang Trial (Public Prosecutor v Tan Kheng Ann and Others) (see also:
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10. (28 October 2003): Child Raped (CC 29/2002 - Public Prosecutor v Peh Thian Hui and Another) (see:
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9. (11 March 2007): Morbid Jealousy (CC 8/2005 - Public Prosecutor v G Krishnasamy Naidu) (See also:
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5. (5 February 2007): Strangled by Sari (CC 58/2002 - Public Prosecutor v Saminathan s/o Subramaniam)
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12. (18 June 2006): Car Boot Murder (CC 35/2004 - Public Prosecutor v Lim Poh Lye and Another) (See:
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13. (25 June 2006): Mistaken (CC 12/2002 - Public Prosecutor v Fazely bin Rahmat and Another) (See:
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4. (15 November 2004): The Trial of Father Joachim Kang (Public Prosecutor v Kang Hock Chai Joachim)
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6. (30 September 2003): The Duck Den Murder (CC 53/1997 - Public Prosecutor v Lim Chin Chong) (See:
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4. (16 September 2003): The School Bus Driver (CC 23/1991 - Public Prosecutor v Oh Laye Koh) (See:
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13. (25 July 2002): The Burnt Body Case (Public Prosecutor v Ramu Annadavascan and Another) (See:
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3. (9 September 2003): Maid Abused To Death (CC 39/2002 - Public Prosecutor v Ng Hua Chye) (See:
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5. (22 November 2004): Killed By His Mother's Lover (Public Prosecutor v Chong Keng-Chye) (see:
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6. (29 November 2004): Death On Pulau Ubin (Public Prosecutor v Harun bin Ripin and Another,
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10. (4 July 2002): The Horror! (Public Prosecutor v Ong Li Xia and Another SGHC 149) (see:
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4. (16 May 2002): The Trial of Adrian Lim (Public Prosecutor v Adrian Lim and Others) (See:
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10. (18 March 2007): The Maid (CC 31/2004 - Public Prosecutor v Purwanti Parji) (See also:
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3. (16 April 2006): Itch To Kill (CC 22/1996 - Public Prosecutor v Ong Teng Siew) (See:
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12. (18 July 2002): Murder For Coins (Public Prosecutor v Lau Lee Peng SGHC 315) (See:
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5. (23 May 2002): Who Killed Winnie Spencer? (Public Prosecutor v Joseph Michael Nonis)
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10. (27 December 2004): Rage (Public Prosecutor v Jimmy Chua Hwa Soon SGHC 16) (See:
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6. (30 May 2002): The Tenant (Public Prosecutor v Michael Tan Teow and Another) (See:
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3. (8 November 2004): The Fiancée's Father (Public Prosecutor v N Govindasamy) (See:
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6. (7 May 2006): Headless Corpse (Public Prosecutor v Abdul Based Late Nasin Uddin)
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8. (13 June 2002): The Sentry (Public Prosecutor v Ong Hwee Kuan and Others) (See:
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9. (20 June 2002): The Paedophile (Public Prosecutor v Lim Hock Hin Kelvin) (see:
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3. (21 January 2007): Gun Siege (Public Prosecutor v Teo Cheng Leong) (See also:
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2. (14 January 2007): Murder by Car (Public Prosecutor v Tan Cheng Eng William)
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9. (28 May 2006): Transvestite Killed (CC 54/1991 - Public Prosecutor v Soosay
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2. (9 April 2006): Serial Rapist (CC 39/2003 - Public Prosecutor v Suresh Nair)
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7. (6 June 2002): The Trial of Sunny Ang (Public Prosecutor v Sunny Ang) (See:
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7. (25 February 2007): Thai Pimp Killed (Public Prosecutor v Singngoi Somsak)
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2. (2 September 2003): Triple Murder (Public Prosecutor v Sek Kim Wah) (See:
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Season 1 (Thursdays, 10.00 p.m. (Tuesdays, 8:30 p.m. for 1st to 3rd episodes)
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1. (7 January 2007): The Peeping Tom Trial (Public Prosecutor v Ho Joon Toh)
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2. (1 November 2004): Rich Man, Poor Man (Public Prosecutor v Tan Freddy)
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3. (7 May 2002): Cries of A Child (Public Prosecutor v Ng Cha Boo) (See:
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4. (28 January 2007): Death At 13 (Public Prosecutor v Lim Seng Chuan)
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9. (21 October 2003): Found Insane (Public Prosecutor v Neo Man Lee)
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2. (30 April 2002): The Trial of Mimi Wong (Public Prosecutor v
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14. (1 August 2002): Tourist From Hell (Public Prosecutor v
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The legal consultant for Seasons 1 and 2 is Senior Counsel
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Season 5 (Sundays, 10.00 p.m. (Monday for fifth episode)
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