Courtroom battles often produce sensational scenes resulting in curious spectators and endless news coverage. From ancient to modern times, trials attract significant attention. This collection explores some of the most-fascinating.
Killing Louis XVI took very little time on the morning of January 21, 1793.
When he arrived at the place of his execution, Louis XVI spoke to the gathered crowd.
Although they lived in the same building - the Temple prison in Paris - the French royal family was not allowed to be together unless the revolutionar...
Image of a painting, called Louis XVI Writing His Will at the Temple, by Danloux Henri-Pierre.
This clip recreates the trial of Major Henry Wirz who was the superintendent of a prisoner-of-war camp - located in Andersonville, Georgia - at which ...
This image depicts the book-cover of Man is Wolf to Man, an important work on surviving the GULAG by Janus Bardach.
Today, in America, everyone takes for granted that the Supreme Court has the power to strike-down laws which a majority of the nine justices determine...
On the 22nd of November, 1963, Marina Oswald (who did not speak English well) signed an affidavit.
On the 15th of June, 1520, Pope Leo X ordered Martin Luther to recant 41 of his 95 Theses and to stop preaching about those items in his sermons. Luth...
Observations and descriptions about terrible acts help to get the collective mind of the people to oppose the atrocities.
Lafayette Baker, whose investigation led to the arrest of the conspiracy defendants - and to the capture of Booth - provides details about the last da...
Florence Maybrick was sure she could not get a fair trial in Liverpool.
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