| Hint | Court Case | Year of trial(s) |
| The United States Supreme Court ruled he was property, not a person. | |
| Three of the British sailors involved in this act were hanged, the rest went free. | |
| Laws named after this city stripped Jews of their rights. Years later, it was the setting of Nazi war crime trials. | |
| After officers were found not guilty of assaulting this man, Los Angeles erupted in riots. | |
| He stood trial and was martyred for refusing to recognize King Henry VIII as head of the Church. | |
| This Cuban rebel was convicted of treason, but mass public support won him amnesty only two years later. | |
| Dan White was found to have committed 'voluntary manslaughter' instead of murder of this San Fran politician. | |
| Refused to recant his beliefs about salvation at the Diet of Worms. | |
| The trial and execution of this English king was followed by Oliver Cromwell's rule. | |
| Despite the famous 'Monkey' trial, he admitted later in life that he never even taught evolution to begin with. | |
| She was found not guilty of murdering her parents, who were killed with far less than 40 and 41 whacks. | |
| This famous Irish playwright was tried and imprisoned for having homosexual relationships. | |
| This French woman's accuser was also the judge and she burned at the stake for heresy. | |