Clip opens with footage of Sam Sheppard being arrested. Clip follows with footage of press cameras set up outside courthouse, including an early NBC Television news van. Judge Edward J. Blythin, who presided over the murder trial, is seen walking up to and greeting a reporter, and then walking on up the steps. A brief shot of Chief Prosecutor John J. Mahon speaking into a microphone. More footage interspersed with stills of Sheppard entering the courtroom. and taking a seat.