In trying to get court documents from the DA Bo Parsons, Sam calls Sheriff Dixon "Sheriff Lobo," referring to the corrupt sheriff from BJ and the Bear (which first aired in 1979).
Unavailable for Sam's criminal defense argument, Miranda warnings were first articulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Miranda v. Arizona, decided June 13, 1966.
This episode takes place in Twelve Oaks Parish, Louisiana from July 29 to August 4, 1957.
In defending a black woman against a powerful Southern white family, the story is reminiscent of the movie To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).
The Bible verse the Sam reads to Myrtle is Galatians 5: 7 - 10