Famous Trials In History Books

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They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague They Would Never Hurt a Fly: War Criminals on Trial in The Hague (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,280 ratings — published 2003
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Unmasked: The Man Behind The Silk Road Unmasked: The Man Behind The Silk Road (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.52 — 42 ratings — published 2015
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The Price of Terror The Price of Terror (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.57 — 30 ratings — published 2001
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Great Is the Truth: Secrecy, Scandal, and the Quest for Justice at the Horace Mann School Great Is the Truth: Secrecy, Scandal, and the Quest for Justice at the Horace Mann School (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 3.93 — 85 ratings — published 2015
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The Brain Defense: Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America's Courtrooms The Brain Defense: Murder in Manhattan and the Dawn of Neuroscience in America's Courtrooms (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.89 — 599 ratings — published 2017
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Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices Scorpions: The Battles and Triumphs of FDR's Great Supreme Court Justices (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 1,953 ratings — published 2010
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Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind Sacco and Vanzetti: The Men, the Murders, and the Judgment of Mankind (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 430 ratings — published 2007
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The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story The Last Mrs. Astor: A New York Story (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.48 — 558 ratings — published 2007
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"Ready for the People": My Most Chilling Cases as a Prosecutor "Ready for the People": My Most Chilling Cases as a Prosecutor (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.83 — 36 ratings — published 2004
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The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court The Great Decision: Jefferson, Adams, Marshall, and the Battle for the Supreme Court (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.85 — 386 ratings — published 2009
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Chicago Seven Chicago Seven (kindle)
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avg rating 4.30 — 56 ratings — published 2008
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Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America Kitty Genovese: The Murder, the Bystanders, the Crime that Changed America (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 1,500 ratings — published 2014
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Balkan Justice: The Story Behind the First International War Crimes Trial Since Nuremberg Balkan Justice: The Story Behind the First International War Crimes Trial Since Nuremberg (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.93 — 14 ratings — published 1997
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Executing the Rosenbergs: Death and Diplomacy in a Cold War World Executing the Rosenbergs: Death and Diplomacy in a Cold War World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.90 — 89 ratings — published 2016
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The Manson Women and Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder The Manson Women and Me: Monsters, Morality, and Murder (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.23 — 1,771 ratings — published 2018
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The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White Family (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.38 — 308 ratings — published 1996
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The Great Trials Of The Twenties: The Watershed Decade In America's Courtrooms The Great Trials Of The Twenties: The Watershed Decade In America's Courtrooms (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.38 — 13 ratings — published 1998
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Lost Lives, Lost Art: Jewish Collectors, Nazi Art Theft, and the Quest for Justice Lost Lives, Lost Art: Jewish Collectors, Nazi Art Theft, and the Quest for Justice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.12 — 120 ratings — published 2009
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Gaslight Lawyers: Criminal Trials & Exploits in Gilded Age New York Gaslight Lawyers: Criminal Trials & Exploits in Gilded Age New York (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.45 — 11 ratings — published 2017
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Saving Nelson Mandela: The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa (Pivotal Moments in World History) Saving Nelson Mandela: The Rivonia Trial and the Fate of South Africa (Pivotal Moments in World History)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 37 ratings — published 2012
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The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case The Wrong Man: The Final Verdict on the Dr. Sam Sheppard Murder Case (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.89 — 567 ratings — published 2001
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The True Crime Files of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The True Crime Files of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.70 — 132 ratings — published 2001
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40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, OxyContin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania 40 Days and 40 Nights: Darwin, Intelligent Design, God, OxyContin, and Other Oddities on Trial in Pennsylvania (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.93 — 415 ratings — published 2007
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The State of Israel vs. Adolf Eichmann The State of Israel vs. Adolf Eichmann (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.77 — 22 ratings — published 2004
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City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle City on Fire: The Forgotten Disaster That Devastated a Town and Ignited a Landmark Legal Battle (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.21 — 304 ratings — published 2003
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Death on the Fourth of July: The Story of a Killing, a Trial, and Hate Crime in Modern America Death on the Fourth of July: The Story of a Killing, a Trial, and Hate Crime in Modern America (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.59 — 49 ratings — published 2004
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Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America (Landmark Law Cases and American Society) Capital Punishment on Trial: Furman v. Georgia and the Death Penalty in Modern America (Landmark Law Cases and American Society)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.66 — 32 ratings — published 2010
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The Trial of the Scottsboro Boys (The Civil Rights Movement) The Trial of the Scottsboro Boys (The Civil Rights Movement)
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avg rating 3.33 — 9 ratings — published 2007
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The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide The Fence: A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 368 ratings — published 2009
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The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan The Lynching: The Epic Courtroom Battle That Brought Down the Klan (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,907 ratings — published 2016
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Armageddon in Waco: Critical Perspectives on the Branch Davidian Conflict Armageddon in Waco: Critical Perspectives on the Branch Davidian Conflict (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.76 — 54 ratings — published 1995
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Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River Parallel Lives: A Social History of Lizzie A. Borden and Her Fall River (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.63 — 46 ratings — published 2011
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The Case Against the Supreme Court The Case Against the Supreme Court (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.00 — 451 ratings — published 2014
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The Blood of Emmett Till The Blood of Emmett Till (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.27 — 8,860 ratings — published 2017
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The Haymarket Tragedy The Haymarket Tragedy (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.32 — 99 ratings — published 1984
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Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial: Scenes from the Great Terror in Soviet Ukraine Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial: Scenes from the Great Terror in Soviet Ukraine (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.19 — 48 ratings — published 2017
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The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate Investigation The Titanic Disaster Hearings: The Official Transcripts of the 1912 Senate Investigation (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 445 ratings — published 1998
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The Courtesan and the Gigolo: The Murders in the Rue Montaigne and the Dark Side of Empire in Nineteenth-Century Paris The Courtesan and the Gigolo: The Murders in the Rue Montaigne and the Dark Side of Empire in Nineteenth-Century Paris (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.52 — 48 ratings — published 2017
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Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers and the Case That Ignited McCarthyism Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers and the Case That Ignited McCarthyism (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.57 — 7 ratings — published 2013
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Court-Martial: How Military Justice Has Shaped America from the Revolution to 9/11 and Beyond Court-Martial: How Military Justice Has Shaped America from the Revolution to 9/11 and Beyond (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.81 — 43 ratings — published 2016
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Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand Crossing Hitler: The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.52 — 103 ratings — published 2008
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Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family Ruby Ridge: The Truth and Tragedy of the Randy Weaver Family (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,609 ratings — published 1995
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The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Community Under Siege (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 630 ratings — published 1997
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I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark I Dissent: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Makes Her Mark (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.33 — 6,401 ratings — published 2016
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And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.08 — 476 ratings — published 2003
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A Religious Orgy in Tennessee: A Reporter's Account of the Scopes Monkey Trial A Religious Orgy in Tennessee: A Reporter's Account of the Scopes Monkey Trial (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.16 — 308 ratings — published 2006
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Scottsboro Scottsboro (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.91 — 746 ratings — published 2008
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Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony Imperfect Justice: Prosecuting Casey Anthony (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 3.88 — 7,049 ratings — published 2011
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The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as famous-trials-in-history)
avg rating 4.09 — 434 ratings — published 2008
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