Dan Abrams

At the end of the summer of 1859, twenty-two-year-old Peachy Quinn Harrison went on trial for murder in Springfield, Illinois. Abraham Lincoln, who had been involved in more than three thousand cases -- including more than twenty-five murder trials -- during his two-decades-long career, was hired to defend him. Lincoln's debates with Senator Stephen Douglas the previous fall had gained him a national following, transforming the little-known, self-taught...

Examines the story behind the bizarre trial of Jack Ruby, a Dallas nightclub owner who murdered Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, live on national television. On November 24, 1963, two days after the killing of President Kennedy, a troubled nightclub owner named Jack Ruby slipped into the Dallas police station and assassinated Lee Harvey Oswald on live television. It is part of the conspiracy theories that resonate...

"The defense lawyer for Martin Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, the Selma marchers, and other civil rights heroes reveals the true story of the historic trial that made Dr. King a national hero. Fred D. Gray was just twenty-four years old when he became the defense lawyer for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a young minister who had become the face of the bus boycott that had rocked the city of in Montgomery, Alabama. In this incredible history, Gray takes...

A defendant facing life in prison takes a deputy's gun, resulting in a tragic event; a defense attorney is brutally attacked by the man he's representing; a man enters an Oklahoma courthouse with no pants; and more.

A reckless driver ends up in court after a shocking car chase caught on camera; an obscene screen name gets a defendant in hot water; a Hollywood actress ends up in jail; and more.

A man accused of killing not one, but two of his girlfriends is brought to justice; a deputy recalls his miraculous discovery deep in the Montana wilderness; multiple bailiffs are targeted during a defendant's violent outburst; and more.

A police confrontation with an armed gunman ends with deadly consequences; a no-nonsense judge makes a shocking revelation during sentencing; a convicted killer explodes in court; and more.

A high speed police chase leads to a truly bizarre court appearance; a former courtroom deputy stands trial for murder; prosecutors stage the ultimate courtroom theater using a blood stained bed and a shocking re-enactment; and more.

When a young mother and her three children are brutally murdered in their suburban Florida home, an ex-boyfriend is charged with the killings. The jury has to decide if this was a crime of passion or a professional hit ordered by the Cartel.

A cold-blooded killer's shocking testimony; a defendant's explosive reaction to having his bond revoked; a judge shows no mercy to a felon who blames her own daughter for her crimes; and more.