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"Steven Hardin, a young judge, must grapple with his conscience as vicious criminals in his court are going free as a result of slick lawyers finding obscure loopholes. He feels utterly powerless until he discovers The Star Chamber, a small group of powerful men bent on their own kind of vigilante justice."
"In this electrifying drama, Steve Hardin (Michael Douglas), a young judge, must grapple with his conscience as vicious criminals in his court are going free as a result of slick lawyers finding obscure loopholes in the law. Hardin feels utterly powerless until he discovers The Star Chamber, a small group of powerful men bent on their own kind of vigilante justice. Meeting behind closed doors in the utmost secrecy, they decree their own punishment for the guilty who have slipped through the system without paying for their crimes."
"A young lawyer investigates an alternative method of punishing offenders when he gets fed up with them escaping the judicial system by using technicalities."@en
""A frustrated judge [is] haunted by injustice in this ... dramatic thriller about the breakdown of our judicial system. ... The criminals who have taken over the streets are slipping through the courts unpunished. Steven Hardin, an idealistic superior court judge, is growing increasingly bitter as he is forced again and again to let vicious murderers go free because of obscure loopholes and little-known technicalities. He might be obeying the letter of the law, but certainly not embodying its spirit or intention. Yet there's nothing Hardin can do about the situation; until he discovers the Star Chamber. The Star Chamber is a group of judges who have decided enough is enough. If the courts won't mete out justice, they will. Hardin is so angry and disillusioned that he joins this ultra-secret committee that meets behind closed doors to declare its own sentences. Though he can now punish lawbreakers who would otherwise go free, Hardin soon begins to wonder if this alternative might be as flawed as the legal system that's already failed him. But as a member of the secret court, he has as much to hide as the others. And the veteran members of the Star Chamber, all respected jurists, have too much at stake to let anyone expose them"--Videodisc sleeve."
"Steve Hardin, a young judge, must grapple with his own conscience as vicious criminals in his court are going free as a result of loopholes in the law. Meeting behing closed doors is the Star Chamber, a small group of powerful men bent on vigilante justice, who decree their own punishment for the guilty."@en
"An idealistic and frustrated young judge takes matters into his own hands when he sees criminals going free."
""A young disillusioned judge (Douglas) joins a secret group of angry judges called The Star Chamber. Behind closed doors, these powerful men decree their own punishment for the guilty and hire assassins to carry out their sentences."--Container."
"Steve Hardin, a young judge, must grapple with his own conscience as vicious criminals in his court are going free as a result of loopholes in the law. Meeting behind closed doors is the Star Chamber, a small group of powerful men bent on vigilante justice, who decree their own punishment for the guilty."
"Steve Hardin, a young judge, must grapple with his own conscience as vicious criminals in his court are going free as a result of loopholes in the law. Meeting behind closed doors is the Star Chamber, a small group of powerful men bent on vigilante justice, who decree their own punishment for the guilty."@en
"Vicious criminals and sadistic killers are running rampant, fearlessly preying on whomever they choose with no fear of punishment. They know that if they're caught slick lawyers will get them off scot free by using obscure loopholes to put them back on the street again. A small group of powerful men decide to meet behind closed doors in the utmost secrecy and decree their own punishment for the guilty."@en