A man whose bond has just been raised to $20,000 attempts a daring escape from the courthouse; a defendant about to be sentenced for drunk driving reports to court...drunk; a man checks in for his virtual plea hearing from an airplane; and more.

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Dan Abrams

Season 8

#744

A man ordered into custody attempts a daring escape from court; a judge doesn't appreciate a defendant's constant interruptions; a woman faces off against her mother, who tried to frame her for murder; and more.

#701

A man charged with murder attempts a bold escape; an attorney is attacked by his own client; a man blames his pet for cursing at a judge; and more.

#702

A wrestling move lands a teenager in court. A man due at a hearing, instead runs from the courthouse. A defendant's comment offends a judge; and more.

#703

A defendant has multiple outbursts at trial. A man about to be sentenced attempts a courtroom escape. A judge is frustrated by a defendant's constant disruptions; and more.

#704

A former nurse apologizes for a deadly error. A judge isn't happy when a defendant appears from her bed for a virtual hearing. A father has an outburst in court when he faces his son's killer; and more.

#705

A defendant gets upset with a judge's decision. A man is physically removed from a hearing. A woman causes a scene when she refuses to follow the rules inside a courthouse; and more.

#706

A judge calls back a woman who curses and leaves a hearing. A murdered victim's father rushes a defendant in court. A wife seeks a protection order against a woman involved with her husband; and more.

#707

A man attacks his neighbor, then faces jail time; a defendant ordered to turn himself in makes a run for it; a man has an outburst over his bond amount; and more.

#708

A judge chastises a defendant for sleeping in virtual court; a grieving mother forgives the man who killed her unborn twins; a judge gets creative when sentencing a defendant; and more.

#709

A grieving father asks the judge for leniency for his son who's been convicted of murdering his other son. A senior citizen spends the night in jail after continually interrupting the judge. A grieving man is removed from the courtroom after yelling at his mother-in-law's killer; and more.

#710

A grieving man jumps over the gallery railing and goes after his brother's killer. A defendant gets his bond revoked after angering the judge. A man tries to blame spiked cake frosting for his failed blood alcohol test; and more.

#711

A look at some of the wildest courtroom moments. A defendant claims the pants he was wearing, and the drug paraphernalia inside them, weren't his. A grieving wife describes the DUI accident that killed her husband. An accused murderer is not happy with his lawyer; and more.

#712

A look at some of the wildest courtroom moments. After a failed plea for leniency, an angry mother flips the bird to the media after her son is sentenced. A grieving woman begs the judge to keep her brother in prison...over 25 years after he killed their parents and little brother. A judge must use his mute button to silence a foul-mouthed mom during a custody hearing; and more.

#713

A grieving father stares down the man who killed his daughter; a judge mutes an unruly defendant during a virtual hearing; an arsonist pleads guilty to a decades-old crime; and more.

#714

The judge chastises a defendant for his courtroom outburst. A convicted murderer's mother tells the court that she used methamphetamine with him the day he shot his boss. A defendant threatens to sue the judge after he didn't rule in his favor during a civil hearing; and more.

#715

A maskless defendant tells the judge he's tested positive for tuberculosis; a grieving son forgives the woman responsible for his parents' deaths; the judge orders a convicted murderer removed from the courtroom for smiling during a Victim Impact Statement; and more.

#716

A grieving mother confronts the family of her son's killer; a woman is sentenced for eating donuts without paying for them; a convicted murderer is verbally confronted in court by his victim's family; and more.

#717

Two disgraced fishing champions apologize for cheating; grieving parents confront the former police officer who killed their son; a man suspected of driving with a suspended license appears in virtual court from a car; and more.

#718

The brothers of a woman murdered by her daughter confront the defendant (their niece) in court; an annoyed defendant walks out of a virtual hearing; a man convicted of manslaughter refuses to look at the grieving grandmother of his victim; and more.

#719

The mother of a man on trial for murder gets caught for taking a picture of the jury; a defendant is held in contempt of court after flipping off the judge, twice; a judge chastises a disgraced estate attorney and more.

#720

The mother of a murdered councilwoman throws a bottle at her daughter's accused killer; a defendant attempts to flirt with the judge but still has his bond revoked; the father of a murdered woman forgives her killer...his son-in-law; and more.

#721

The judge gives a 79-year-old woman final warning...stop feeding feral cats or go to jail; a local attorney makes a scene outside the courthouse; a defendant angers the judge by appearing for virtual court wearing facial cream; and more.

#722

A murder victim's family member attacks the defendant in the courtroom; a man angers the judge by smoking a cigarette during his virtual hearing; a juvenile defendant's mom is told to leave the courtroom after complaining about her son's lawyer; and more.

#723

A convicted cop killer goes on a f-bomb tirade in court; a defendant reveals his fandom for the judge before that same judge admonishes him for bad behavior in virtual court; the family of a murder victim lashes out at the killer...a family friend; and more.

#724

A pregnant tenant in a dispute with her landlord appears for her virtual hearing from a hospital delivery room; a courtroom brawl breaks out between the families of a convicted murderer and his victim; a defendant annoys the judge by appearing for virtual court shirtless and smoking a cigarette; and more.

#725

The courtroom erupts into chaos during a hearing for a murder case; the judge chastises a defendant for "making horrible decisions"; a prosecutor strongly disagrees with what he feels is an unreasonable sentence from the judge; and more.

#726

A defendant who curses and flips his middle finger at the judge is held in contempt during a virtual hearing; an attorney who specializes in sexual battery cases pleads not guilty to sexual battery; a police officer forgives the man who plead guilty to firing shots at him after robbing a coffee shop; and more.

#727

The judge moves a probation review to her courtroom after the defendant appears drunk for his virtual hearing; a defendant gets thrown out of the courtroom after talking back to the judge; a man accused of driving while intoxicated cries over his bail fees; and more.

#728

A man convicted of double murder elbows his own attorney in the face; a defendant misses his virtual hearing by falling asleep; the judge loses his patience during a tenant/landlord dispute; and more.

#729

A man convicted of murdering his 5-year-old son makes a scene in the courtroom; a convicted killer won't stay in his seat during his virtual sentencing; a man in court for allegedly violating his parole is held without bond after his parole officer accuses him of making threats; and more.

#730

A judge gets creative for the sentencing of a woman who threw her food at a restaurant employee; a teacher accused of being drunk at school is arrested for public intoxication at her plea hearing; an accused stalker screams and swears after the judge announces her bond; and more.

#731

Chaos erupts as a defendant attacks the bailiff; a convicted murderer calls the detectives in his case idiots; a defendant keeps firing his court appointed lawyers; and more.

#732

A murder victim's sister tears into the killer in court; a man facing drug charges shows up for his virtual arraignment without his pants; a grieving mother defends the woman responsible for her son's accidental death...her own sister; and more.

#733

A man being sentenced to prison leaps over the bench and attacks the 62-year-old judge; a defendant lands in hot water after accidentally uttering a foul-mouth insult before disconnecting from his virtual hearing; a man charged with domestic violence flips off the judge; and more.

#734

A grieving father jeers his son's killer after sentencing; a defendant gets into a screaming match with the judge during her virtual hearing; an assault victim bravely faces her attacker in court; and more.

#735

A woman accused of driving with a suspended license yells expletives at the judge; a grieving mother screams at her daughter's killer; a judge gets tough while sentencing a young father for aggravated robbery; and more.

#736

A man accused of driving with a suspended license gets caught lying to the judge about why he was late for court; the grieving partner of a drunk driving victim gets tasered outside the courthouse; a man testifies that his son wasn't assaulting him, claiming they were having a "cuddle match"; and more.

#737

A grieving father is removed from the courtroom for cursing at his daughter's killer; a man accused of violating his parole by drinking alcohol claims he absorbed it from aftershave lotion; a defendant breaks down crying when the judge denies her bond; and more.

#738

A woman who's just undergone transition surgery is suing her ex-boyfriend for throwing her testicles in the trash; a college student who fundraised almost $40,000 by falsely claiming to have pancreatic cancer apologizes to the court; a man accused of assault repeatedly angers the judge during his pretrial hearing; and more.

#739

The judge loses his patience with a man accused of drunk boating; a defendant waiting outside the courtroom is physically assaulted; a woman being sued for back rent screams at the judge during her virtual hearing; and more.

#740

A man named Edward Cocaine appears in court for unlawful possession of Xanax; two sisters confront the man who killed their little brother; the judge admonishes a model accused of assaulting a 16-year-old boy she says was bullying her son; and more.

#741

A man accused of murder tries to attend his arraignment naked; a woman accused of assaulting her mother hangs up on her virtual hearing; a man seeking a protection order against his wife gives a judge the finger in court; and more.

#742

A convicted murderer has a violent reaction as courtroom deputies take him into custody; a judge refuses to give in to the pleas for mercy from a repeat drug offender; a woman found guilty of probation violation escapes the courtroom before being taken into custody; and more.

#743

A violent convict attacks a fellow inmate in the courtroom; a victim's family member jeers their father's killer as he's taken into custody; a convicted felon is sent back to his cell after using obscene language during his arraignment; and more.

An in-depth examination of some of the most stunning and emotional courtroom moments caught on camera, from frightening outbursts to furious judges.

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