Law&Crime Network Picks Up ‘Protection Court’ From Trifecta Entertainment

Live trial and true crime network, Law&Crime, has licensed the rights for primetime airings of Protection Court, a syndicated show from Trifecta Entertainment. The show captures the daily happenings inside one of America’s busiest protection order courts in Dade County, Florida.

Protection Court shows live testimony from restraining order cases of Miami-Dade’s Lawson E. Thomas Courthouse, where thousands of victims come to seek court-ordered relief each year. While not every case deals with domestic violence specifically, the show’s live coverage aims to highlight the legal intricacies involved in such dangerous scenarios and the resources available to victims. The courtroom is presided over by Judge Carroll Kelly, the Administrative Judge of the Domestic Violence Division of the Eleventh Judicial Circuit of Florida.

“We are thrilled to bring this genuine courtroom drama to Law&Crime Network,” said Hank Cohen, CEO of Trifecta Entertainment. “We hope this show will continue to bring awareness to viewers and educate victims in need that there is help available, that they are not alone, and that the courts are here to protect them.”

Creators of Protection Court cite the extreme prevalence of domestic and intimate partner violence — which affects 1 in 4 women, 1 in 10 men and 1 in 15 children in the United States — as a key motivating factor behind the show.

Coming off its recent launch on Dish, Law&Crime reaches more than 27 million cable households in addition to most major OTT platforms. Viewers can watch Protection Court on Law&Crime Network every Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 9 to 10 p.m. ET (back to back episodes) starting on March 21.