The Penalty Phase

The Penalty Phase

96 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | Nov. 18, 1986

Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conservative and incisive. Furthermore, the jury already had a verdict: guilty of the more than 30 charges against him. But suddenly Judge Kenneth Hoffman finds out that the evidence was not obtained legally, so the procedure is void. Judge Hoffman is in the middle of this legal storm, although he wants to apply the law strictly, he will find everybody against him.

The Penalty Phase

96 mins | Drama, Thriller, TV Movie | Nov. 18, 1986

The Penalty Phase
Things looked pretty simple: the confessed murderer had all the evidence against him. The Prosecutor Jansen could not have been more relentless, conservative and incisive. Furthermore, the jury already had a verdict: guilty of the more than 30 charges against him. But suddenly Judge Kenneth Hoffman finds out that the evidence was not obtained legally, so the procedure is void. Judge Hoffman is in the middle of this legal storm, although he wants to apply the law strictly, he will find everybody against him.
Producers New World Television, Tamara Asseyev Productions
Original title The Penalty Phase
Directors K.C. Colwell, Tony Richardson
Writers Gale Patrick Hickman

Cast

Peter Strauss

as Kenneth Hoffman

Jonelle Allen

as Susan Jansen

Karen Austin

as Julie

Jane Badler

as Katie Pinter

John Harkins

as Mr. Hunter

Millie Perkins

as Nancy Faulkner

Mitchell Ryan

as Donald Faulkner

Richard Bright

as Judge Von Karman

Richard Chaves

as Nolan Esherman

Rossie Harris

as Zach Hoffman

Art LaFleur

as Pete Pavlovich