Would Perry Mason defend someone arrested by Lt. Columbo?

never arrested the wrong person?

Mason always defended a person that was arrested for murder if it was in self defense.

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but subsequent events cleared the client.

Columbo’s suspect would have already confessed long before the case came to Mason’s attention.

-Laelth

Obviously an innocent loved one.

They would probably prefer prison to Columbo’s relentless harassment.

-Laelth

(And got his clients off by getting the guilty party to confess in court).

set of DVD's. I watch one a day on the treadmill. I have no life.

I've always suspected at least 50% of Columbo's cases would've been thrown out or resulted in not guilty verdicts.

He never left a bad guy breathing.....

I recently binge watched the hundred fifteen or so episodes.

That, Sir, might be a better question. It always surprised me that Lt. Tragg or Mr. Berger went ahead with the warrant once they had been informed the person they sought to arrest and convict was a client of Mr. Mason's. It neever turned out well for them, and was often downright embarrassing.

I would like to have seen a Columbo where he's called to some nondescript alley past midnight to see there a young gang-banger's corpse with two rounds to the head and not one soul around, a la The Wire, and see how he makes out with that...