Courtroom battles often produce sensational scenes resulting in curious spectators and endless news coverage. From ancient to modern times, trials attract significant attention. This collection explores some of the most-fascinating.
It is typical, in France, to remove the heart of a royal after death; DNA evidence proves Dr. Pelletan took Louis XVII's heart.
Even though the Irish Constitution states that families have rights, it does not change.
Susan is from a Quaker family that believes men and women had equal standing before God.
The Easter Story has been adapted and painted by many believers.
Edward Bushell holds firm on his verdict, in favor of William Penn, and his own case (based on a Writ of Habeas Corpus) changes the law for future jur...
Elizabeth Packard participates in an open-study Bible class where the teacher encourages many points of view.
Mary tries, unsuccessfully for 19 years, to get help from Elizabeth, who imprisons her.
Her father sends Packard to an insane asylum in Massachusetts when she is 23.
In Illinois, married women have few rights; a husband can commit his wife to a mental institution against her will.
Two white men torture and murder young Emmett Till.
Mary is to marry the sickly son of Henry VIII, but Catholic forces oppose it, resulting in a war.
Whenever Ireland tries to regain their independence, England defeats them.
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