Dan Abrams
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The true story of Abraham Lincoln's last murder trial, a case in which he had a deep personal involvement--and which played out in the nation's newspapers as he began his presidential campaign At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases--including more than twenty-five murder trials--during his...
2) John Adams under fire: the Founding Father's fight for justice in the Boston Massacre murder trial
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"'An expert, extremely detailed account of John Adams' finest hour.'--Kirkus Reviews. Honoring the 250th Anniversary of the Boston Massacre The New York Times bestselling author of Lincoln's Last Trial and host of LivePD Dan Abrams and David Fisher tell the story of a trial that would change history. 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...
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No crime in history had more eyewitnesses. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President Kennedy, a troubled nightclub owner named Jack Ruby quietly slipped into the Dallas police station and assassinated the assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald. Millions of Americans witnessed the killing on live television, and yet the event would lead to questions for years to come. It also would help to spark the conspiracy theories that have continued...
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"The defense lawyer for Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, the Selma marchers, and other civil rights heroes reveals the true story of the historic trial that made Dr. King a national hero. Fred D. Gray was just twenty-four years old when he became the defense lawyer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young minister who had become the face of the bus boycott that had rocked the city of in Montgomery, Alabama. In this incredible history, Gray takes...
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Court Cam volume 5
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Bone chilling courtroom drama surrounding a man who committed a grisly murder... of his own parents; the right person is finally convicted for a decades old crime; a scofflaw repeatedly tests the patience of judge; and more.
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Taking the Stand volume 5
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A shootout with police in West Virginia leads to the arrest of a 23-year-old Texas man, who is charged with savagely killing an elderly couple, robbing them and burning down their home.
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Taking the Stand volume 6
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Former Houston doctor Leon Jacob is currently serving a life sentence after being found guilty after he and his girlfriend, Valerie McDaniel, plotted the murder of his ex-girlfriend and Valerie's ex-husband.
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Live Rescue Emergency Response volume 5
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An unflinching look at emergency first responders in action. Hit-and run in New Jersey, bridge rescue in Arizona, car accident in Missouri.
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Taking the Stand volume 15
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When 3-year-old Hannah Wesche dies of head trauma, the babysitter who cared for her is indicted for her murder. Lindsay Partin takes the stand to defend her innocence...and to try to explain several suspicious statements she gave to police detectives.
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Court Cam volume 10
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A teen impersonating a cop takes the law into his own hands; family members of a murdered woman seek revenge in the courtroom; a high speed chase ends with a heated court appearance; and more.
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Court Cam volume 7
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A defendant facing life in prison takes a deputy's gun, resulting in a tragic event; a defense attorney is brutally attacked by the man he's representing; a man enters an Oklahoma courthouse with no pants; and more.
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Court Cam volume 30
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The mother of a murder victim comes face to face with the killer--her own grandson; a widow seeks her own form of justice; courthouse nuptials take a shocking turn; and more.
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Court Cam volume 33
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A reckless driver ends up in court after a shocking car chase caught on camera; an obscene screen name gets a defendant in hot water; a Hollywood actress ends up in jail; and more.
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Court Cam volume 3
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A desperate defendant makes an impossible courthouse escape; a young man squares off in court--against his own parents; a heartbreaking victim impact statement from a devastated father; and more.
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Court Cam volume 18
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A high speed police chase leads to a truly bizarre court appearance; a former courtroom deputy stands trial for murder; prosecutors stage the ultimate courtroom theater using a blood stained bed and a shocking re-enactment; and more.
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Court Cam volume 7
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A cop comes face to face with his accusers in court; a killer confesses to the gruesome murder of his wife; a judge goes to extreme lengths to help a defendant through hilarious technical difficulties; and more.
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Court Cam volume 35
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An angry family member of a murder victim seeks his own courtroom justice in the courtroom; a disturbing revelation during a court zoom hearing leads to a real time shocking conclusion; and more.
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Court Cam volume 44
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An angry wife looks to hire a hitman to kill her husband's ex and pays the price in court; a domestic dispute between a husband, his wife and his mother turns into an all-out courtroom brawl; and more.
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Taking the Stand volume 11
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When a son finds his father slumped over dead near a pile of cocaine, he dismembers the body to conceal the crime. James Scandirito, Jr. takes the stand to explain why he thought he had to dismember and bury what he claims was his already deceased father.