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Famous Trials
http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/f
Source: University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Law

Documentation and summaries of some of the most famous trials from 399 B.C. to present, as compiled and written by Professor Douglas Linder. Information for many trials includes newspaper accounts, trial records including transcripts, Supreme Court arguments and decisions, letters or diary entries, images, chronologies, and Linder's summaries. Trials include: Trial of Socrates, Trial of Jesus, Trial of Galileo, Salem Witchcraft Trials, John Peter Zenger Trial, Boston Massacre Trials, Mutiny on the Bounty Court-Martial, Burr Conspiracy Trial, Amistad Trials, Dakota Conflict Trials, Lincoln Conspiracy Trial, Johnson Impeachment Trial, Susan Anthony Trial, Louis Riel Trial, Lizzie Borden Trial, Three Trials of Oscar Wilde, Bill Haywood Trial, Sheriff Shipp Trial, Triangle Fire Trial, Black Sox Trial, Sacco-Vanzetti Trial, Leopold and Loeb Trial, Scopes "Monkey" Trial, Sweet Trials, Scottsboro Boys Trials, Hauptmann (Lindbergh) Trial, Nuremberg Trials, Alger Hiss Trials, Rosenberg Trial, Lenny Bruce Trial, Mississippi Burning Trial, Chicago 7 Trial, My Lai Courts Martial, Charles Manson Trial, John Hinckley Jr. Trial, Chamberlain "Dingo" Trial, McMartin Preschool Trial, LAPD Officers' (King Beating) Trial, O.J. Simpson Trial.
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• What are some famous trials?
• Where can I find records, transcripts and other documentation of famous trials?
• Where can I find summaries of famous trials?

The Rodney King Beating Trials
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/trials24.htm
Source: University of Pittsburgh School of Law

Discussion of the Rodney King beating incident which occurred during the 1991 Los Angeles riots, authored by Professor Douglas Linder of the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law. Includes an analysis of the subsequent trials involving LA police officers, excerpts of testimony, and a description of key evidence, including the video.
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• Who is Rodney King?
• What was the Rodney King incident?
• What offenses were the police officers charged with in the Rodney King beating incident?
• What were the verdicts in the Rodney King trials?
• Who are Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind, Theodore Brisano, Stacey Koon, Michael Stone, Terry White, and Judge Stanley Weisberg?

The Scottsboro Boys
http://www.courttv.com/archive/greatesttrials/scot
Source: Court TV

Information on the Scottsboro rape case, including the racial tensions surrounding it, its impact on due process and the right to adequate legal representation, and the trials and appeals themselves which occurred in the 1930's. Includes biographies of the key players in the case and summaries of the two Supreme Court decisions involved.
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• Who were the Scottsboro Boys?
• What court cases are related to the 14th Amendment and equal protection?
• What court cases had a big impact on our judicial system?
• What Supreme Court decisions were related to defendants' rights?
• What was Powell v. Alabama?
• What was Norris v. Alabama?
• What were the Scottsboro trials?
• Who defended the Scottsboro Boys?
• What were the verdicts and decisions in the trials and appeals involving the Scottsboro Boys?

Enron
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/spec
Source: The Washington Post

An archive of articles and information on the Enron lawsuit. The website also includes a link to a timeline outlining the fall of Enron.
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• What was the Enron lawsuit about?
• What happened in court?
• What is the current news about Enron?

Ted Kaczynski/Unabomber
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Ted%20Ka
Source: TheFreeDictionary.com by Farlex

Information about Unabomber Ted Kaczynski, including his biography, manifesto, bombings, and apprehension and trial.
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• Who was the Unabomber?
• What is the Unabomber's Manifesto?
• Who is Ted Kaczynski?
• Where did the word "unabomber" come from?
• Why did Ted Kaczynski send mail bombs?
• What was the verdict in the Ted Kaczynski trial?