Deliberate Intent

This made-for-cable docudrama offers an intelligent lesson about constitutional law, along with insight into the ways lawyers embellish their legal tactics. In order to jumpstart his career, cold-hearted musician Lawrence Horn (James McDaniel) plots to collect on his family's life insurance policy. Horn hires amateur killer James Perry (Clark Johnson) to execute his Rockville, MD-based ex-wife and brain-damaged son, as well as the boy's nurse. Relying on "Hit Man," a how-to manual from Paladin Press, Perry carries out the crime. Originally a work of fiction, "Hit Man" was reformatted as an instructional guide by the owner of Paladin Press, Peder Lund (Bill MacDonald)...