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Famous Trials in the History of the World  
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Some of the most infamous trials in the history of the world.

	Trial of Socrates (399 B.C.) - A 70-year-old philosopher put to death for what he was teaching.
	Trial of Jesus (30 A. D.) - Jesus was tried for blasphemy which eventually led to the crucifixion.
	Thomas More Trial (1535) - One the most revered men in England ends up with his head on the chopping block. "I die the King's good servant, and God's first."
	Trial of Galileo (1633) - His world revolved around science while the rest of the world's revolved around the church.
	Salem Witchcraft Trials (1692) - 19 men and women are hanged and one elderly man crushed after being accused of being witches.
	John Peter Zenger Trial (1735) - The man and the trial responsible for the freedom of press we enjoy today.
	Boston Massacre Trials (1770) - The debate continues today over who is repsonsible for the killing of four Boston people by British soldiers.
	Mutiny on the Bounty Court-Martial (1792) - The complicated story of 10 mutineers and their captain on the South Seas.
	Burr Conspiracy Trial (1807) - Aaron Burr, John Marshall and Thomas Jefferson all played roles in this court trial over treason.
	Amistad Trials (1839-1840) - A major part in the abolitionist movement in America.
	John Brown Trial (1859) - After his failed attempt at a slave revolt at Harper's Ferry he is tried, and executed.
	Lincoln Conspiracy Trial (1865) - The trial and hanging of 8 conspirators following the shot fired by John Wilkes Booth.
	Johnson Impeachment Trial (1868) - The Senate came within a single vote of removing the President from office.
	Susan Anthony Trial (1873) - The beginnings of woman's suffrage.
	Earp (O.K. Corral) Trial (1881) - Following the Old West's most famous gun battle.
	Three Trials of Oscar Wilde (1895) - Ireland's greatest author and playwright put on trial three times for his controversial content.
	Black Sox Trial (1921) - The story of "Shoeless" Joe and the fixed White Sox baseball game.
	Sacco-Vanzetti Trial (1921) - The trial that spurred conspiracies galore about the U.S. government and these two Italian anarchists.
	Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925) - The first major debate over the theory of evolution.
	Scottsboro Boys Trials (1931-1937) - A trial over the alleged gang rape of two white girls by nine black teenage boys.
	Hauptmann (Lindbergh) Trial (1935) - The trial over the accused kidnapper of the famous aviator's baby.
	Nuremberg Trials (1945-49) - A story of true evil, monsterous actions done by normal people.
	Rosenberg Trial (1951) - A trial about the Manhattan Project, a top secret American program to develop the atomic bomb.
	Chicago 7 Trial (1969-70) - The trial of seven radicals accused of attempting to incite riots at the Democratic National Convention.
	Charles Manson Trial (1970-71) - "Mr. and Mrs. America--you are wrong. I am not the King of the Jews nor am I a hippie cult leader. I am what you have made me and the mad dog devil killer fiend leper is a reflection of your society. . ."
	Chamberlain "Dingo" Trial (1982) - Did this wild dog kill the baby or was it a great lie? "My God, my God, the dingo's got my baby!"
	McMartin Preschool Trial (1987-90) - The seven-year and $15 million dollar child abuse trial is the most expensive in American history.
	LAPD (King Beating) Trial (1992) - In what seemed to be and open-and-shut case over an excessive police beating of a citizen turned out to be not that at all.
	O.J. Simpson Trial (1995) - The famous white Bronco car chase and the man who was acquitted after the glove didn't fit.
	Oklahoma City Bombing Trial (1997) - Timothy McVeigh and the Ryder truck that blew up the building in Oklahoma City.
	Clinton Impeachment Trial (1999) - "I did not have sexual relations, with that woman."
	Moussaoui (9/11) Trial (2006) - "He killed the 9/11 victims as surely as if he had been at the controls of one of those airplanes." - U.S. Attorney Robert Spencer, in his opening statement in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui.

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Comments: Fascinating! Comment by: itzjoeymac Eerie. Some of these sent chills down my spine.How evil us humans are. Comment by: skelly7483 WOW! This is an amazing and comprehensive list! Comment by: thegrey