trials (homicide)

Presents an account of the evensts leading up to the discovery of a murdered fourteen-year-old girl in a small town in Victoria, British Columbia.

Presents a true account of the murder of fourteen-year-old Emmett Till in Mississippi in 1955.

"History remembers John Adams as a Founding Father and our country's second president. But in the tense years before the American Revolution, he was still just a lawyer, fighting for justice in one of the most explosive murder trials of the era. On the night of March 5, 1770, shots were fired by British soldiers on the streets of Boston, killing five civilians. The Boston Massacre has often been called the first shots of the American Revolution. . . . Yet when the British soldiers faced trial, the young lawyer Adams was determined that they receive a fair one. He volunteered to represent them, keeping the peace in a powder keg of a colony, and in the process created some of the foundations of what would become United States law"--Provided by publisher.

Discusses the trial of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her parents.

"On October 7, 1988, a young gay man was discovered bound to a fence outside Laramie, Wyoming, savagely beaten and left to die in a shocking act of hate. Matthew Shepard's death became a national symbol of intolerance, but for the people of the town, the event was deeply personal. In the aftermath, Mois?s Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project went to Laramie and conducted more than 200 interviews with its people"--Provided by publisher.

"'The O. J. Simpson Murder Case' explores all sides of these unsolved murders and the famous man suspected of committing them. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, the history behind how a beloved ex-football star became a murder suspect, and more"--Provided by publisher.

"'The Lizzie Borden Ax Murders' explores all sides of these unsolved ax murders and the woman suspected of committing them. It discusses police investigations, conspiracy theories, historical impacts, and more"--Provided by publisher.

The budding romance between two teenaged children of two families who have been lifelong friends and neighbors culminates tragically in an abortive suicide pact, leading to a gripping courtroom drama.

This illustrated poetry collection eulogizes Emmett Till, an African American man who was killed in a brutal, racially motivated lynching in 1955.

While on trial as an accomplice to a murder, sixteen-year-old Steve Harmon records his experiences in prison and in the courtroom in the form of a film script as he tries to come to terms with the course his life has taken.