Infamous Trials

by Bruce Chadwick, Austin Sarat (Editor)

Discusses the Salem witch trials, the court-martial of Benedict Arnold, and the cases of the Chicago Black Sox, John Scopes, the Lindbergh kidnapping, the Scottsboro Boys, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, and the Chicago Seven

80 pages, Library Binding

First published April 1, 1997

Reviews

[Novelyn Watson]

I read the book Infamous Trials and it’s fairly self explanitory. The set up of this story was like a timeline dating back to the 1600’s. These infamous trials closely dig into what went on durning this trails, how they were fair or unfair, and how they use constitution to determine what is the end result. I thought the book was interesting, honestly I think being a lawyer would be really entertaining bring justice for everyone. I really enjoyed learning about the Witches of Salem, it isn’t often when an entire community is involved in a case. And I found it rather interesting that children and families that didn’t like a person called them a witch. Since it was so big it was easy for this to get taken advantage of. The language was really advanced and referred a lot to law terms. The major theme was crimes and how we could’ve and can prevent them in the future. Also that so of the trials were unconstitutional and had to undergo other routes to find justice. Minor ideas were the different case presented. It made me think about how I can change the way I act so that so maybe in a smaller way some of these things could change; which, smaller things lead to bigger differences. It’s hard for me to personally relate to this book because I don’t commit crimes. This was a good book and I recommend it to all.