The American public cried out for justice in these fascinating yet disturbing trials that focused the nation's attention on such issues as perjury, murder, police brutality, and terrorism. Read about the Scopes "Monkey" Trial, accused Soviet spy Alger Hiss, accused murderer Dr. Samuel Sheppard, the kidnapping ordeal of Patricia Hearst, the "Rodney King Beating" trials, and the Oklahoma City Bombing. Learn what happened in the courtroom and how the public responded.
Hi-Lo: RL 5.2; IL 4–9.
American Justice II: Six Trials That Captivated a Nation is available in paperback (PB) and reinforced library binding (RLB) editions. Perfection Learning, 1999; 56 pages; PB ISBN 0-7891-5450-1; RLB ISBN 0-7569-0100-6.
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In 1954, Samuel Sheppard and his 30-year-old wife, Marilyn, lived in Bay Village, Ohio. Sheppard was a doctor. He was liked and respected in the community. Patients had nicknamed him "Dr. Sam."
The Sheppards had a seven-year-old son named Sam. (They called him "Chip.") And they happily awaited the birth of their second child.
Bay Village was known as a lovely, quiet, and extremely safe suburb of Cleveland.
Then a savage crime occurred in the Sheppards' lakeshore neighborhood. During the early hours of July 4, Marilyn was murdered. She was beaten to death in her bed.
Sheppard was home when it happened. He woke up to find a stranger in the house. But it was too late to save his wife.
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