W. Ross Macdonald School Library

Famous Trials /

Downey, Glen , 1969- author.

Famous Trials / by Glen Downey. - Oakville, Ontario : Rubicon Publishing, 2004. - 48 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 31 cm. - Boldprint ; .

Famous trials in history - how it was decided if a person was guilty or innocent back in the Middle Ages, historical accounts of how some kings lost their heads - literally, an excerpt of a transcript from the famous Scopes Trial, the true account of the Scottsboro boys and how their story inspired the famous novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, members of the Nazi party that were tried for crimes in the infamous Nuremberg trials, the murder of 12-year-old Lynne Harper, Nelson Mandela 1964 trial, Jack Ruby avenging the president's death, Patty Hearst - heiress, kidnapped, brainwashed and became a bank-robbing terrorist, O.J,'s "suicide letter", James Bulger (2-years-old) beaten to death by two 10 year-old boys, and a true account of Erin Brockovich.


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