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  • Investigation Discovery

Chaos in Court

  • 2020 – 2022
  • Returning Series
  • Crime · Documentary
  • ~42m / ep
  • 2 seasons
  • 5.5/10

CHAOS IN COURT examines clips of dramatic, unexpected, and cathartic courtroom moments. Each episode brings the backstories of the crimes and legal proceedings to the forefront with insightful analysis from a diverse panel of experts including judges, defense attorneys, prosecutors, and criminal psychologists. Featured within each episode are interviews with defendants, family members, and others who witnessed the action to help bring dramatic courtroom moments to life, and the emotional realities of what happens when the ultimate stakes are on trial.

Latest: Season 2 · 2021

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  1. E1. Cruel and Unusual

    Dec 27, 2021

    A public defender punched in court loses his job, and a surgeon logs into a Zoom hearing from the operating room. Also, a child pleads with an exasperated judge in a custody battle, and an inmate makes a daring dash for freedom in a courthouse hall.

  2. E2. Chances and Circumstances

    Jan 3, 2022 · 30m

    A mother attacks the brother of a world-famous Olympian after a judge acquits him of murder, and a courthouse scuffle leads to a potentially deadly situation. Next, a Zoom hearing takes a scary turn, and four teens escape a juvenile detention facility.

  3. E3. Acts of Violence

    Jan 10, 2022

    A notorious nanny who viciously murdered two children asks for forgiveness, and a bailiff risks his life to catch a fleeing defendant. Plus, a judge throws a fit and a book at a reluctant jury member, and a woman flashes a judge at a bond hearing.

  4. E4. Contempt of Court

    Jan 17, 2022

    A Tiger King star facing allegations of animal abuse turns on former volunteers, and a judge restrains an out-of-control defendant. A cop-killer spews evil threats in court, and an unlikely group of jailhouse saviors rescues a guard.

  5. E5. Raise Your Right Hand

    Jan 24, 2022

    Police arrest and tase a black attorney when he shows up to court in street clothes, and a judge's affair with a key witness comes to light. A public defender fends off an attack in open court, and a heartbreaking childhood leads to a surprise adoption.

  6. E6. Rules Don't Apply

    Feb 2, 2022

    A murder victim's grieving son lunges at the person who killed his mother.

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