trials (rape)

The author presents detailed information on the Duke Lacrosse rape case that divided the town and destroyed the lives of several players and its coach.

Two children in a small southern town in the 1930s are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father defends a black man charged with raping a white girl.

Eight-year-old "Scout" Finch tells of life in a small Alabama town where her father is a lawyer.

Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in the Deep South during the 1930s, tells of her father's defense of an African-American man charged with the rape of a white girl.

The author tells the story of her violent rape at the age of eighteen, her accidental sighting of her attacker six months later, the resulting trial and conviction of the man, and the trauma she suffered for years afterwards.

Discusses the landmark case of Miranda v. Arizona, in which the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the conviction of Ernest Miranda on charges of kidnapping and rape, ruling that police had failed to inform the man of his right against self-incrimination and setting the precedent for future arrests in the country.

Examines the arguments behind this 1966 Supreme Court case that resulted in the ruling that police must advise the accused of their rights.

Explores how the unfair trials of nine African-American men, dubbed the Scottsboro Boys, who were unjustly accused of raping and beating two white women in 1931, became a turning point in the civil rights movement and changed the American justice system for the better.

Examines the 1966 Supreme Court case involving Ernesto Miranda and the State of Arizona; discussing the trial, appeals, and decision that led to the Miranda Warnings.

Discusses the legal case in which nine African American men were falsely accused of rape, the trials and appeals thereafter, and the historical background regarding the lack of civil and legal rights for African Americans.