Episode
Murder, She Wrote: Trial by Error
Overview
It's a bad day for the jurors when Jessica is the foreperson of the jury hearing the case of a man claiming self-defense in the death of an enraged husband.
Details
- Series
- Murder, She Wrote
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 13
- Air date
- 1986-01-12
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Trial by Error is Episode 13 in Season 2 of Murder, She Wrote. It aired on 1986-01-12. The runtime is 45 min.
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