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From serial killers to celebrity victims, some sensational murder cases grab our collective imagination and won't let go, like the unsolved Oakland County murders. The following is a look at a handful of the most infamous murder cases in recent American history.
1. O.J. Simpson. Defendant: Former NFL star and celeb Orenthal James Simpson. Charge: Murder. When: 1994-1995. Where: Los Angeles County Superior Court, California. Where else can you start in a list of top trials? The O.J. Simpson murder trial gripped the nation in 1995, with 150 million people tuning in to watch the drama unfold on TV.
Here’s a look at the 15 biggest criminal cases in American history. O.J. Simpson. In what’s still probably considered the most-watched criminal case ever, Pro Football Hall of Famer O.J. Simpson was acquitted of the brutal murder of his former wife, Nicole Brown, and her friend, Ronald Goldman, a waiter at a local restaurant.
The Daily Beast ranks the 20 biggest trials, by media saturation, of the past two decades. Casey Anthony’s murder trial is over, but how does it compare to America’s other legal circuses?
Unlike the grisly murder cases that precede it in our list, we include the trial of Adolf Eichmann because of its irrefutable historic importance – in many ways it really was a century-defining trial.
The Murder Trial of Harry K. Thaw. On June 25, 1906, railroad heir Harry Kendall Thaw murdered famed architect Stanford White on the rooftop restaurant and theater of Madison Square Garden....
James Edward Testerman. Charles Joseph Lovett and James Edward Testerman were sentenced to life in prison for murdering FBI Agent Hubert J. Treacy, Jr. on March 13, 1942. More →.