8.9/1014 votes#1 - To Prosecute All Crimes
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 1/31/1965
Assistant New York District Attorney Cliff Sellers takes his cases to the street to find out the truth.
Director: David Greene
Writer: N/A
- 9.6/1010 votes
#2 - Guilt Shall Not Escape nor Innocence Suffer
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/14/1965
A bum is charged with burglary and assault and battery on a police officer and Koster is sure his case is airtight. The vagrant confesses to the assault but swears he had nothing to do with the theft.
Director: Daniel Petrie
Writer: N/A
- 9.0/1013 votes
#3 - The Influence of Fear
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 2/21/1965
The public is demanding the death penalty for a Puerto Rican boy charged with the murder of an old woman.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.8/108 votes
#4 - Act of Violence (2)
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 2/28/1965
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Director: Sam Wanamaker
Writer: N/A
- 8.8/1012 votes
#5 - Between Candor and Shame
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 3/7/1965
A bookstore owner files suit against a police officer for defamation and false arrest after he displays a dirty book in his store.
Director: Tom Gries
Writer: N/A
- 9.6/1011 votes
#6 - The Killing Of One Human Being
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 3/14/1965
ADA David Koster is puzzled why Louis Cahane, charged with first degree murder, is very confident he'll easily get off.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1012 votes
#7 - Dangerous to the Public Peace and Safety
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 3/21/1965
An emotionally disturbed teen-ager is on the run from police who suspect the boy is a serial killer of six young women.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: N/A
- 9.8/108 votes
#8 - Secure Any Special Privilege or Advantage
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/28/1965
Ernie Garatella is an actor by trade and apparently played his part just a little too well. He gets arrested for the impersonation of a police officer.
Director: Herbert Hirschman
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#9 - The Right to Kill
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 4/4/1965
Unfortunately, the evidence does not seem to support a prison guard's claim that he had to kill in self defense.
Director: Robert Stevens
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#10 - With Intent to Influence
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 4/11/1965
If evidence of a government official's involvement in a past political scandal is made public, the nomination for state assemblyman will quickly go away.
Director: Herschel Daugherty
Writer: N/A
- 9.2/1013 votes
#11 - Seized, Confined and Detained
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 4/25/1965
Bobby Haviland is in great danger, not just from the kidnappers who have seized him, but from the diabetic shock he may go into from the lack of insulin.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 9.5/1010 votes
#12 - Any Benevolent Purpose
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 5/2/1965
The director of a large charity gets a finger pointed at him for embezzlement of donations after a low level hood gets arrested and wants to make a deal.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- NaN/100 votes
#13 - A Competent Witness
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 5/9/1965
Koster has a witness who can identify the killer of a cop, only the witness is an ex-con and will be ripped apart on the stand because of his background.
Director: Stuart Rosenberg
Writer: Ernest Kinoy
The Best Episodes of For the People Season 1
Every episode of For the People Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of For the People Season 1!
For the People is an American Legal drama that aired from January 31 until May 9, 1965.
Genre:Drama
Network:CBS
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"To Prosecute All Crimes" is the best rated episode of "For the People" season 1. It scored 8.9/10 based on 14 votes. Directed by David Greene and written by N/A, it aired on 1/31/1965. This episode is rated 0.7 points higher than the second-best, "Guilt Shall Not Escape nor Innocence Suffer".