Over a dozen different potential actors were approached for the role of Jim Eastman before Troy Dixon accepted the role.
Original run time for film was 10 minutes 30 seconds.
All of the film takes place in one room.
Thomas West used Twelve Angry Men and scenes from the movie Moneyball to help get an idea of how he would have to film Murder On Trial.
The hand gestures Alexander Beys makes throughout the film are a reference to one of his favorite movie characters, Dominic Decoco played by Omar Doom, in the film Inglorious Basterds.