Click on Final Trial Project.
for the parameters of the project.
for the parameters of the project.
Choose a case that is interesting to you and one in which you won't mind spending a lot of time learning about.
These are good places to start looking for a case.
The Following is a list of possible choices. These are cases that students have done in the past. You are NOT limited to only these cases, this list is just to help you focus.
Diane Downes- ( book Small Sacrifices )murder trial for killing children
Thomas Capuano- Rich DE lawyer murdered ex girlfriend
Ryan Ferguson- tried, convicted of murder, recently found to be innocent
Murder of Jason Sweeney ( Fishtown PA)
Charles Lindbergh baby kidnaping
Amanda Knox- american college student tried in Italy for killing roomate
Jeffrey MacDonald ( book Fatal Vison)
Ron Cotton - falsely convicted of Rape
Susan Smith -murder trial for her killing children
Conrad Murray - tried for killing Michael Jackson
IRa Einhorn- 1970s hippie tried for killing girlfriend in Phila
Scott Peterson- infamous California Murder trial
Rae Carruth- NFL wide receiver murder trial
Timothy McVeigh - Domestic terrorist who blew up Oklahoma Federal Building
Jason Sweeney - murder trial of three friends who were tried for killing him
Joel and Ethel Rosenberg- Executed for treason in 1950s
Lizzie Borden - 1890s case where she allegedly took an axe to her parents
Robert Marshall- (book/ movie called Blind Faith made on case)
Clutter Family murder- (famous book In Cold Blood written on case)
Andrea Yates- insanity trial for killing her 4 children
O.J. Simpson Civil Trial- can NOT do criminal Trial
John Gotti -mob trial
Lyle Erik Menendez - twins tried for killing rich parents
John Allen Muhammad- DC Sniper
Stacey Koon, Theodore Briseno, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind - Rodney killing beating
Colin Ferguson- shot people on NYC subway then defended himself ( very poorly)
Jodi Arias -murder trial of Mormon Boyfriend
Alexis Simpson- tried for killing college roomate
George Zimmerman- found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin
Damien Echols- West Memphis 3; three teenagers wrongfully convicted of murder
Drew Peterson- former police officer thought to have killed at least two of his wives
Jerry Sandusky- former Penn State Football coach convicted of multiple accounts of child molestation
Elizabeth Smart - kidnapped and then found
Jaycee Duggard- kidnapped and found 18 years later
George Zimmerman- found not guilty of killing Trayvon Martin
Damien Echols- West Memphis 3; three teenagers wrongfully convicted of murder
Drew Peterson- former police officer thought to have killed at least two of his wives
Jerry Sandusky- former Penn State Football coach convicted of multiple accounts of child molestation
Elizabeth Smart - kidnapped and then found
Jaycee Duggard- kidnapped and found 18 years later
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