{"id":4130,"date":"2017-05-15T22:36:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T22:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pearson.immtcnj.com\/wordpress\/?p=4130"},"modified":"2017-05-16T00:33:54","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T00:33:54","slug":"trials-of-the-century-americas-most-sensationalized-trials-and-legal-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pearson.immtcnj.com\/wordpress\/2017\/05\/trials-of-the-century-americas-most-sensationalized-trials-and-legal-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Trials of the Century: America&#8217;s Most Sensationalized Trials and Legal Events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When one hears the phrase &ldquo;trial of the century,&rdquo; perhaps the&nbsp;<em>People v. O.J. Simpson&nbsp;<\/em>or the Casey Anthony murder case come to mind. &nbsp;However, the news media has been using this phrase for nearly 100 years to describe those gigantic legal events that grip public attention and spread through the press like wildfire. &nbsp;Trials and legal events given such distinction are always important, as they forwarded vast implications on pretrial publicity, the court and legal system, laws, popular culture, and society at large. &nbsp;This interactive timeline names 10 trials that changed the world, along with case details and the iconic images that spawned from them.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/cdn.knightlab.com\/libs\/timeline3\/latest\/embed\/index.html?source=1QDz--8d9Spjazp_ybmxWj_4U5hvxwlQkh7vVJTJS3w8&amp;font=Default&amp;lang=en&amp;initial_zoom=2&amp;height=650\" width=\"100%\" height=\"650\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>These 10 trials and legal events are very different. &nbsp;They involve different people, from anarchists to NFL stars, and cover different legal issues, from kidnapping to biased juries. &nbsp;However, they share a common theme: they each managed to capture the public attention entirely, in a fashion few other things are able to due. &nbsp;While these events unfolded, they were the&nbsp;<em>only&nbsp;<\/em>thing people talked about. &nbsp;For that, they will be studied and remembered for eternity.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Works Cited<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cauterucci, Christina. &ldquo;A New ESPN Doc Exposes the Real Villains in the Duke Lacrosse Case.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Slate Magazine<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The Slate Group, 11 Mar. 2016. Web. 05 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN Library. &ldquo;Manson Family Murders Fast Facts.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">CNN<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Cable News Network, 02 Feb. 2017. Web. 08 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Frankfurter, Felix. &ldquo;The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Atlantic<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Atlantic Media Company, 01 Mar. 1927. Web. 08 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Gardner, Lloyd C. <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Case That Never Dies: The Lindbergh Kidnapping<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. New Brunswick: Rutgers UP, 2004. Print.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Goldfarb, Ronald. &ldquo;The Wrong Villain.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">American Journalism Review<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Http:\/\/ajrarchive.org\/article.asp?id=3, Dec. 1995. Web. 01 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&ldquo;Irvin v. Dowd.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oyez.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, n.d. 05 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mitchell, Alison. &ldquo;Impeachment: The Overview&ndash;Clinton Impeached; He Faces a Senate Trial, 2nd in History; Vows to Do Job Till Term&rsquo;s &lsquo;Last Hour&rsquo;.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The New York Times<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The New York Times Company, 19 Dec. 1998. Web. 08 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&ldquo;Monkey Trial Begins.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">History<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. A&amp;E Television Networks, n.d. Web. 08 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Phillipson, Gavin. &ldquo;Trial by Media: The Betrayal of the First Amendment&rsquo;s Purpose.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Law <\/span><\/i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and Contemporary Problems<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, vol. 71, no. 4, 2008, pp. 15&ndash;29., <\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.jstor.org\/stable\/27654682.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rossman, Sean. &ldquo;Things to Know about the Casey Anthony Case 6 Years Later.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">USA Today<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Gannett Satellite Information Network, 07 Mar. 2017. Web. 08 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&ldquo;Sheppard v. Maxwell.&rdquo; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Oyez.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Chicago-Kent College of Law at Illinois Tech, n.d. 05 May 2017.<\/span><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When one hears the phrase &#8220;trial of the century,&#8221; perhaps the\u00a0People v. O.J. Simpson\u00a0or the Casey Anthony murder case come to mind. \u00a0However, the news media has been using this phrase for nearly 100 years to describe those gigantic legal events that grip public attention and spread through the press like wildfire. \u00a0Trials and legal events given such distinction are always important, as they forwarded vast implications on pretrial publicity, the court and legal system, laws, popular culture, and society at large. \u00a0This interactive timeline names 10 trials that changed the world, along with case details and the iconic images that spawned from them. These 10 trials and legal events are very different. \u00a0They involve different people, from anarchists to NFL stars, and cover different legal issues, from kidnapping to biased juries. \u00a0However, they share a common theme: they each managed to capture the public attention entirely, in a fashion few other things are able to due. \u00a0While these events unfolded, they were the\u00a0only\u00a0thing people talked about. \u00a0For that, they will be studied and remembered for eternity. Works Cited Cauterucci, Christina. &#8220;A New ESPN Doc Exposes the Real Villains in the Duke Lacrosse Case.&#8221; Slate Magazine. 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