Trial

The events that happen in The Salem Trial in 1962 were tragic, and it led to men and women being hanged. These events had court trials where magistrate decided if the suspect was guilty or innocent. The trials were termed as unfair since the procedures used were not fair to the defendants and immoral lifestyle is what made the accused witches seem as if they were guilty of witchcraft. The evidence that was used by the court was grouped into various categories. Initially, spectral evidence…

The negro trials of 1741, also known as the “New York Trials” was hysteria coming to colonial American. Mass hysteria was spread because the population of New York was competing for jobs and feared being overtaken by immigrants. 13 buildings were burned to the ground, the assumed cause was a “plot by slaves and poor white works to revolt and level NY with fires”. This assumptions sent fear into the city and innocent civilians started being accused. The Negro Trials was a witch hunt because the…

Trial Of the Wicked Witch, written by Craig Sodaro and directed by Jane Purdy, focuses on the trial of the recognizable character of the Wicked Witch. The main twist of this play is that it breaks the fourth wall, a conceptual wall that serves as a barrier between a play and its audience, by allowing the audience to determine the outcome of the trial. The major theme of the play is that all people are innocent until proven guilty. This theme is expressed through a court case that enables the…

major Nazi criminal trials laid in the hands of the powerful Allied judges. The Nuremberg trials were legal proceedings against German Nazi former leaders for crimes committed before and during World War II. The Nuremberg trials lasted from 1945 to 1949. This tribunal presided over international war crimes for the first time in the long history of warfare (Rice 8). The Nuremberg trials started to resolve the crimes committed by Nazis during World War II. During the trials, criminals were…

The Witch trials, Much like salem in the 1690s, came back strong during the Gay Rights movements in the 1960s-1990s. People were labeled immoral- set apart from the crowd of people around them and hated for it, much like young girls in The Crucible. Police were sent out as “Public Morals Squad” To take down queer folk around gay bars or establishments, and leading into the aids epidemic, it ended in a lot of deaths and societal outrage. People were labeled Immoral, and treated like dirt.…

Nazis defeat, the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials began. This was the second trial for Nazi soldiers stationed in Auschwitz. Over the course of two years, twenty-two defendants were tried for their actions during the Holocaust. These trials took place in Germany and were open to the public. This was somewhat of a way to bring the details of the Holocaust to the public. In fact, there were three hundred and sixty witnesses called to the stand over the course of the trial. There has been little…

In Arthur Miller's The Crucible, Salem trials which took place in 1692, it was mobile and many people were being accused. They were going through a dark error with no control over who they claimed incorporated with the devil. They tried to gain a little control but, it only got worse; however, if it wasn't for the corrupt reverend in town who kept things a secret for a while, it wouldn't have gone as far as it went. The series of trials led to the deaths of innocent people, including John…

Witch Trials. With many problems facing people throughout the centuries, the Salem Witch Trials, the, “Red Scare” and the Paranoia of the Ebola outbreak in America may have been the most shocking events that has happened in American History. The Salem Witch Trials started due to the belief of witchcraft within the village when Young women and a Slave named Tituba practiced…

amounts of people tend to believe that the 1950 's McCarthy trial is a resemblance of the 1692-Salem Witch Trials, for the cases were rendered as false and filled with a lot of accusations and invalid truths to no-proof at all. Primarily the reason for theses cases,was to blame others for their own gain and respect. Both cases within the McCarthy and the girls in Salem, blamed others for their own personal gain, respect, and honor. Both trials were built off of covered up lies to gain attention…

Event: Scopes Monkey Trial Information on the event: John Thomas Scopes was a young high school substitute teacher, was hired by the ACLU or the American Civil LIberties Union to teach evolution, the theory that animals change over time based off surroundings; this theory states that humans descended from apes. This went against the butlers act and a Tennessee state law that made it a misdemeanor to teach any theory that opposed Creationism as taught by the bible. The theory of…