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The Trial of Galileo (1633): Was the Inquisition's verdict defensible in its time? open
In 1633 the Roman Inquisition found Galileo Galilei "vehemently suspect of heresy" for defending the heliocentric model — that the Earth moves around the Sun — in his Dialogue Concerning the Two...
The Scopes "Monkey" Trial (1925): Should John Scopes have been convicted? open
In 1925 Tennessee's Butler Act made it a crime to teach in public schools "any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible." Substitute teacher John Scopes...
The Rosenberg Trial (1951): Were Julius and Ethel Rosenberg justly executed? open
In 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted in New York of conspiracy to commit espionage — passing atomic and military secrets to the Soviet Union. Judge Irving Kaufman sentenced both to...
The Eichmann Trial (1961): Was Israel justified in abducting Eichmann from Argentina? open
Adolf Eichmann, a senior SS officer who organised the logistics of deporting millions of Jews to death camps, escaped after the war and lived in Argentina under a false name. In May 1960 Mossad...
The Rivonia Trial (1963–64): Were Mandela and his co-accused justified in turning to sabotage? open
After a police raid on Liliesleaf Farm in Rivonia, Johannesburg, in July 1963, leaders of the African National Congress and its armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) were tried in Pretoria for sabotage...
Roe v. Wade (1973): Was it correctly decided as a matter of constitutional law? open
In Roe v. Wade (1973) the US Supreme Court ruled 7–2 that the Constitution's guarantee of liberty under the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment includes a right to privacy broad enough...
The O.J. Simpson Trial (1995): Was the not-guilty verdict correct? open
In 1995 former NFL star O.J. Simpson was tried in Los Angeles for the June 1994 murders of his ex-wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ron Goldman. The eight-month televised trial was watched by...
The Salem Witch Trials (1692): What really drove them? open
Between February 1692 and May 1693, more than 200 people in and around Salem, Massachusetts were accused of witchcraft. Nineteen were hanged, one man (Giles Corey) was pressed to death for refusing...
The Trial of Socrates (399 BC): Was Athens right to convict him? open
In 399 BC a jury of about 500 Athenian citizens tried the philosopher Socrates on charges of impiety (not honouring the city's gods and introducing new ones) and corrupting the youth. He was...
The Nuremberg Trials (1945–46): Justice or victors' justice? open
From November 1945 to October 1946, the International Military Tribunal — one judge and one prosecution team each from the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and France — tried leading...
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