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Crime and Justice Stories

Crimes, investigations, trials and sentences, told as recorded in court records, official reports and archives, with the sources left in plain sight.

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1963
1963 · Crime & Justice

Jack Ruby Kills Lee Harvey Oswald

November 24, 1963
1961
1961 · Crime & Justice

Adolf Eichmann Is Sentenced to Death

December 15, 1961
1959
1959 · Crime & Justice

The Clutter Family Murders

November 15, 1959
1948
1948 · Crime & Justice

Sentences Are Pronounced at the Tokyo War Crimes Trial

November 12, 1948
1945
1945 · Crime & Justice

The Nuremberg Trial Opens

November 20, 1945
1939
1939 · Crime & Justice

France carries out its last public execution

June 17, 1939
1934
1934 · Crime & Justice

The Search for Pretty Boy Floyd Ends in Ohio

October 22, 1934
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1933 · Crime & Justice

Seven Lives Lost: The Unsolved Mystery of United Air Lines Flight 23

October 10, 1933
1931
1931 · Crime & Justice

Al Capone’s Tax Verdict: The Document Behind the Downfall

October 17, 1931
1910
1910 · Crime & Justice

Dr. Crippen Is Executed After a Transatlantic Manhunt

November 23, 1910
1888
1888 · Crime & Justice

Mary Ann Nichols is killed in Whitechapel

August 31, 1888
1881
1881 · Crime & Justice

Tombstone’s Gunfight: The Event Behind the O.K. Corral Legend

October 26, 1881
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