Forensic Science
Research Project: Famous Cases
Bank Robbery
- Joseph Edward Earlywine
- John Elgin Johnson
- The Brinks Robbery
Historical Ten Most Wanted
- Billie Austin Bryant
- Gerhard Arthur Puff
- Willie Sutton
Organized Crime/Gangsters
- Al Capone
- Bonnie and Clyde
- John Dillinger
- Kansas City Massacre - Charles Arthur Floyd (Pretty Boy)
- The Fur Dressers Case
- The Brady Gang
- John Paul Chase & Lester M. Gillis (Baby Face Nelson)
- George "Machine Gun" Kelly
- Roger "The Terrible" Touhy's Gang
Violent Crime
- The Charles Ross Kidnapping
- The Greenlease Kidnapping
- Durkin - Murder of a FBI Special Agent
- Jack Gilbert Graham
- The Lindbergh Kidnapping
- Richard Floyd McCoy, Jr. - Aircraft Hijacking
- James Edward Testerman
- The Weinberger Kidnapping
- The Weyerhaeuser Kidnapping
Espionage
- Robert Philip Hanssen Espionage Case
- Maksim Martynov
- Rudolph Ivanovich Abel (Hollow Nickel Case)
- Aldrich Hazen Ames
- The Atom Spy Case
- George John Dasch and the Nazi Saboteurs
- Duquesne Spy Ring
- "Espionage in the Defense Industry"
- "Thwarted Sabotage in Zambia"
- Iva Toguri d'Aquino and "Tokyo Rose"
- Vonsiatsky Espionage
- Velvalee Dickinson, Doll Woman
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UNABOMBER TRIAL
Theodore Kaczynski, a math prodigy turned
demented, technophobic recluse, spent almost
two decades sending bombs to attack what he
believed was a conspiracy out to get him. But
after more than a year of high-profile battles
between the Unabomber and his defense lawyers,
he pled guilty and spared himself from a possible
death sentence.
Forensic Science
Research Project: Famous Cases
NANNY MURDER TRIAL
A teen-age British nanny accused of first degree
murder for allegedly shaking to death the infant
she was babysitting. In a trial that attracted
international interest, the jury verdict was
followed by a surprise Judge's ruling that only
added to the controversy. Read the daily updates
with key audio clips, Court TV interviews with
attorney's on both sides and background reports.
OJ SIMPSON MURDER TRIAL
O.J. Simpson was tried for the 1994 murders of
his ex-wife Nichole and her friend Ronald
Goldman. Read up on the criminal and civil trials
by perusing our daily reports and depositions
taken from the civil trial, related legal documents
and daily unedited transcripts from the civil trial.
OJ SIMPSON ROAD RAGE CASE
After escaping a conviction in the infamous
murder case, Simpson won another acquittal in
Florida in connection with a road rage incident.
Read daily stories, case documents, an interactive
map of the alleged incident, video and a case
chronology.
Forensic Science
Research Project: Famous Cases
MARV ALBERT
Follow the case of the former NBC sportscaster,
Marv Albert, who was accused of sexually
assaulting a woman he knew for ten years.
Includes daily reports from the trial, related legal
documents and daily unedited transcripts.
MURDER IN PARADISE
With a beautiful backdrop of the British Virgin
Islands, four American men were charged with
murdering Connecticut artist Lois McMillen in
Tortola. Follow the case with daily reports,
exclusive interviews and photos, video and
documents.
OKLAHOMA BOMBING/MCVEIGH
The April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P.
Murrah building killed 168 people and injured
more than 500. Follow the trial and execution of
Timothy McVeigh, who committed the worst
terrorist act ever on U.S. soil. See profiles of the
victims, court documents, video of the execution
chamber, and a multimedia chronicle of
CourtTV.com's Journey to Terre Haute: From
Cradle to Grave.
Forensic Science
Research Project: Famous Cases
WAR CRIMES TRIAL
The first international war crimes trial since
World War II determined whether Bosnian Serb
Dusko Tadic was guilty of atrocities ranging from
murder and sexual assault to crimes against
humanity. Includes daily updates from the trial,
related legal documents and look back at the
Nuremberg trials.
LYLE AND ERIK MENENDEZ
Lyle and Erik Menendez were accused of
murdering their parents in their Beverly Hills
home, allegedly motivated by greed. The defense
countered by saying the boys were subject to
years of sexual abuse at the hand of their parents.
Read the casefiles, which include daily updates,
related legal documents and video highlights of
the trial.
THE AMADOU DIALLO SHOOTING
Amadou Diallo was unarmed when he was killed
by police in a fusillade of 41 bullets outside his
Bronx apartment house on Feb. 4, 1999. The four
officers were acquitted of all state criminal
charges on February 25, 2000.
Forensic Science
Research Project: Famous Cases
DR. JACK KEVORKIAN
Kevorkian has been acquitted in three out of the
four trials involving his assisted suicides. The
fourth ended in a mistrial. If convicted of firstdegree murder in Youk's death, Kevorkian could
face life in prison without parole. Read more
about this case.
Famous Constitutional Cases: Selected
Links
case summaries & opinions for famous constutional cases
http://law.touro.edu/patch/CaseSummary.html
Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857)
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Brown v. Board of Education (1954)
Roe v. Wade (1973)
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
Furman v. Georgia (1972)
Lochner v. New York (1905)
Bowers v. Hardwick (1986)
Marbury v. Madison (1803)
Cruzan v. Missouri Department of Health (1990)
New York Times v. Sullivan (1964)
F.C.C. v. Pacifica (1978)
Texas v. Johnson (1989)
R.A.V. v. St. Paul (1992)
Tinker v. Des Moines (1969)
University of California v. Bakke (1978)
Employment Division of Oregon v. Smith (1990)
Forensic Science
Research Project: Famous Cases
Korematsu v. United States (1944)
 Al Capone
> Bugsy Siegel
> Burke & Hare
> Butch Cassidy
> Andrei Chikatilo
> The Family
> Ted Bundy
> Harold Shipman
> Jeffrey Dahmer
> Albert DeSalvo
> Kenneth Bianchi
> Ed Gein
> The Krays
> Killer Clown
> Peter Kurten
> Il Mostro
> Moors Murders
> Donald Neilson
> Night Stalker
> Son of Sam
> Peter Sutcliffe
> Fred West