Audiences have been captivated by courtroom dramas for hundreds of years. While the real-life legal system can be filled with long waiting periods and less-than-exciting minutiae, court portrayals on the printed page and big screen allow readers and viewers to skip the monotony and get straight to the gripping drama. These dramatized stories often revolve around either the restoration of justice to a corrupt world or an otherwise upstanding professional succumbing to their own moral shortcomings under the pressure of the case.