<p>From the far-off days when we huddled around the fires and passed judgment on one another in tribal councils to the modern courtroom with its twenty-four hour cable news coverage, the trial seems something fundamental to the human experience.  Thousands of years before the birth of Christ, the Egyptians buried their dead with copies of... <a class="more-link" href="https://trialsanderrors.net/2018/09/21/whythetrial/#more-3">Continue Reading &rarr;</a></p>

The Socratic Question

From the days when we crouched by the fire and passed judgments on other members of our tribe to the modern courtroom with its 24-hour cable news coverage, the trial is a fundamental part of human civilization.  Here we explore the great trials of history-- their drama, their characters, and their sometimes unexpected outcomes.