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This guide provides sources for your Famous Trials Research project and shows you how to get help with a librarian.

Ebooks

Trials of the Century
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This comprehensive set of essays documents the most important criminal, civil, and political trials in the United States from colonial times to the present.
Great American Court Cases, Gale
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This resource, while focusing primarily on Supreme Court cases, also includes major federal or state cases that set precedents.
Tough Cases
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In Tough Cases, judges from different kinds of courts in different parts of the country write about the case that proved most difficult for them to decide.
100 Most Infamous Criminals
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This comprehensive set of essays documents the most important criminal, civil, and political trials in the United States from colonial times to the present, examining their impact on both legal history and popular culture.
Dateline Purgatory
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In Dateline Purgatory, award-winning journalist Kathy Cruz enlists current-day legal experts to weigh in on the shocking transgressions that resulted in one of the country's most controversial death penalty convictions.

Interview with attorney and author Bryan Stevenson about his book, "Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,"on Detroit Public Television.

MasterFILE Premier
Search general interest magazines, books, primary source documents, and images.
New York Times: NYTimes.com
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Issues & Controversies
Explore in-depth and objective articles exploring controversial issues and topics.
Biography In Context
Search comprehensive biographical information on people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. Show me how
Films On Demand
Watch Oscar, Emmy, and Peabody award-winning documentaries relevant to every subject.
Kanopy Streaming Videos
Watch award winning documentaries and classic films in all subjects. To view Kanopy videos, you will need to create an account on the Kanopy site, but will then have unlimited access to the collection.

Crimemuseum.org
Web site of the Crime Museum in Washington DC with information about famous trials from a wide range of cases.
Landmarkcases.org
Site funded by the Supreme Court Historical Society to provide educational resources about landmark Supreme Court cases.
APNews.com/trials
Latest coverage of trials in the news from the Associated Press

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