Rene Balcer

A troubled seventeen-year-old feels abandoned by his divorced parents. His rebellious behavior, in an attempt to recapture the attention of his family, leads them to have him committed to a residential treatment facility where he encounters a system designed more to perpetuate itself than to help it (TCM.com)

A teenager is involved in a tragic car accident, leaving him with severe amnesia. During his struggle to come to terms with alienation and the consequent rebellion that ensues, his family are forced to accept the boy they once knew so well is now a stranger. Drama based on a true story. (locatetv.com)

The show follows a crime, usually adapted from current headlines, from two separate vantage points. The first half of the show concentrates on the investigation of the crime by the police, the second half follows the prosecution of the crime in court. (imdb)

When the Menendez brothers were tried on national TV for brutally killing their parents in Beverly Hills, their story became a national obsession. Now, the first edition of this anthology series delves into the players, the crime and the media circus, detailing the day-to-day battles of the trial and unveiling the shocking truth of what really went down when the cameras stopped rolling. (imdb)