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280 jurors found the defendant guilty while 221 found him innocent The Trial of Socrates (399 BC) was held to determine the philosopher's guilt of two charges: asebeia ( impiety ) against the pantheon of Athens , and corruption of the youth of the city-state; the accusers cited two impious acts by Socrates : "failing to acknowledge the gods ...
The trial of Socrates took place in 399 BC. Attended by the Ancient Greek philosophers Plato (who was a student of Socrates') and Xenophon, it resulted in the death of Socrates, who was sentenced to drink the poison hemlock. The trial is chronicled in the Platonic dialogues Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, and Phaedo.
Jowers and other unknown co-conspirators, was an American wrongful death lawsuit brought to trial by the family of Martin Luther King Jr. against Loyd Jowers. The family filed the lawsuit after Jowers admitted in an interview on PrimeTime Live that he had been part of a conspiracy to assassinate the civil rights leader in 1968. The trial ...
The two men were found not guilty in 1955 by an all-white jury, and admitted to the murder a year later in an interview with Look Magazine. Herrick was particularly proud of his Korean War coverage.
As early as the mid-1950s, Martin Luther King Jr. had received death threats because of his prominence in the civil rights movement. He had confronted the risk of death, including a nearly fatal stabbing in 1958, and made its recognition part of his philosophy. He taught that murder could not stop the struggle for equal rights.
There are striking parallels between King’s efforts and justice movements today.
One of the larger stains the FBI has ever had to endure on its not-so-spotless record was revealed in its entirety Thursday. A letter asking Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to kill himself - signed ...
The magazine reported that the test results showed "Ray did, in fact, kill Martin Luther King Jr. and that he did so alone." Ray then fired Kershaw after discovering the attorney had been paid $11,000 (~$55,308 in 2023) by the magazine in exchange for the interview and instead hired attorney Mark Lane to provide him with legal representation.