This prosecutor Sampson is the absolute worst fill-in for HamBurger. He treats everyone rudely, and forgets the purpose of a prosecutor is justice not winning. This is the second episode in a row where he harangued someone who had just lost a loved one. He is even rude to the judge and often jumps the gun on his objections. He even yells at his own witness whose testimony actually helped his case! Instead of being grateful, he rudely snapped, "just answer the question." His treatment of Ann was also borderline sadistic. She is obviously a fragile young girl and within 5 seconds he's yelling at her. Prosecutors do not need to put every single person on the stand. The state often puts hostile witnesses on the stand which makes no sense. It was totally inappropriate to put a mentally disturbed girl on the stand. We saw the result of his mistake when Ann tried to commit suicide. Sampson should have been held in contempt for his treatment of pretty much everyone in the courtroom. If he was trying to be the replacement for William Tallman he went about it all wrong. He was terrible and completely unlikable. Also, the idea that he withheld pertinent information about witnesses (a possible suspect who was wanted for manslaughter) seemed at the very least to be misconduct. He said it had no bearing on the case, which was totally ridiculous. Why would he hide that fact from Perry? Don't you want to find the murderer? These days lawyers must share all evidence with one another so there's very little surprise. In PM, the state often withholds evidence from Perry and he is surprised in court. Seems to miss the point of a fair trial. Everyone should be privy to all evidence so they can deal with it accordingly. At least Burger seems to actually care about justice. This guy Sampson is like a lot of prosecutors today. He just wants to convict someone, anyone to keep his win/loss ratio up. Even though the father was not the murderer, he was the real villain in this case. His skirt chasing hurt his daughter over and over. His solution was to marry this gold digger sooner rather than putting it off. What a selfish ass he was.
This prosecutor Sampson is the absolute worst fill-in for HamBurger. He treats everyone rudely, and forgets the purpose of a prosecutor is justice not winning. This is the second episode in a row where he harangued someone who had just lost a loved one. He is even rude to the judge and often jumps the gun on his objections. He even yells at his own witness whose testimony actually helped his case! Instead of being grateful, he rudely snapped, "just answer the question." His treatment of Ann was also borderline sadistic. She is obviously a fragile young girl and within 5 seconds he's yelling at her. Prosecutors do not need to put every single person on the stand. The state often puts hostile witnesses on the stand which makes no sense. It was totally inappropriate to put a mentally disturbed girl on the stand. We saw the result of his mistake when Ann tried to commit suicide. Sampson should have been held in contempt for his treatment of pretty much everyone in the courtroom.
If he was trying to be the replacement for William Tallman he went about it all wrong. He was terrible and completely unlikable. Also, the idea that he withheld pertinent information about witnesses (a possible suspect who was wanted for manslaughter) seemed at the very least to be misconduct. He said it had no bearing on the case, which was totally ridiculous. Why would he hide that fact from Perry? Don't you want to find the murderer? These days lawyers must share all evidence with one another so there's very little surprise. In PM, the state often withholds evidence from Perry and he is surprised in court. Seems to miss the point of a fair trial. Everyone should be privy to all evidence so they can deal with it accordingly. At least Burger seems to actually care about justice. This guy Sampson is like a lot of prosecutors today. He just wants to convict someone, anyone to keep his win/loss ratio up.
Even though the father was not the murderer, he was the real villain in this case. His skirt chasing hurt his daughter over and over. His solution was to marry this gold digger sooner rather than putting it off. What a selfish ass he was.