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Trial

Her Sorority Sisters Suspected She Was Pregnant. What Did Emile Weaver Know?

For months, Emile Weaver denied her pregnancy. A gruesome discovery forced her to confront the truth.

Alex Ronan Elle Jan 2020 40min Permalink

Best Article Crime History

Homer and Harold

When the prosecutor in a 1924 trial focused on the murder of a priest backed the suspect–and everything that followed.

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Ken Armstrong on the Longform Podcast.

Ken Armstrong The Marshall Project Dec 2016 25min Permalink

Crime World

The Neo-Nazi Murder Trial Revealing Germany’s Darkest Secrets

In the beginning, they were known as die Dönermorde – the kebab murders. The victims had little in common, apart from immigrant backgrounds and the modest businesses they ran.

Thomas Meaney The Guardian Dec 2016 25min Permalink

Crime

A Struggle with the Police & the Law

A Supreme Court Justice revisits a rape trial from the 1950s.

John Paul Stevens New York Review of Books Apr 2012 Permalink

Crime

Three Trials for Murder

An unexplainable murder, double jeopardy, and military courts: the strange case of Tim Hennis.

Nicholas Schmidle New Yorker Nov 2011 35min Permalink

Scientists on Trial: At Fault?

In 2009, 300 people perished in an earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy. Next week, six Italian scientists and one government official will stand trial for manslaughter.

Stephen S. Hall Nature Sep 2011 20min Permalink

Crime

The Girl from Trails End

In Cleveland, TX, nineteen men and boys gang raped an eleven-year-old girl in an abandoned trailer. This is the story of the victim and her community.

Kathy Dobie GQ Sep 2011 25min Permalink