Trial of the Century

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Trial of the Century is the popular nickname for the highly publicized 1935 court case against Bruno Hauptmann for the kidnapping and murder of aviator Charles Lindbergh’s infant son.

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Trial of the Century canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court case ⓘ
criminal trial ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
alternativeName Hauptmann trial ⓘ
Lindbergh kidnapping trial ⓘ
linked to: Hauptmann trial
century 20th century ⓘ
charge extortion ⓘ
kidnapping ⓘ
murder ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
court Hunterdon County Court ⓘ
crimeDate 1932-03-01 ⓘ
defenseAttorney Edward J. Reilly NERFINISHED ⓘ
Frederick A. Pope NERFINISHED ⓘ
endDate 1935-02-13 ⓘ
evidenceUsed handwriting analysis ⓘ
ladder wood analysis ⓘ
marked ransom money ⓘ
ransom notes ⓘ
executionDate 1936-04-03 ⓘ
hasDefendant Bruno Hauptmann ⓘ
Bruno Richard Hauptmann ⓘ
hasVictim Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr. ⓘ
linked to: Charles Lindbergh
hasVictimFamilyMember Anne Morrow Lindbergh ⓘ
Charles Lindbergh ⓘ
heldIn Flemington, New Jersey ⓘ
impact influenced public views on media and high-profile trials ⓘ
involves Lindbergh kidnapping ⓘ
jurisdiction State of New Jersey ⓘ
locationOfCrime East Amwell Township, New Jersey ⓘ
mediaCoverageType sensational press coverage ⓘ
methodOfExecution electric chair ⓘ
nickName Trial of the Century ⓘ
notableFor intense media coverage ⓘ
public controversy over guilt ⓘ
use of forensic evidence ⓘ
presidingJudge Thomas W. Trenchard ⓘ
prosecutor David T. Wilentz ⓘ
publicPerception widely regarded as a miscarriage of justice by some commentators ⓘ
relatedTo Lindbergh kidnapping case ⓘ
capital punishment in New Jersey ⓘ
sentence death ⓘ
startDate 1935-01-02 ⓘ
subjectOf documentary films ⓘ
historical studies ⓘ
numerous books ⓘ
timePeriod 1930s ⓘ
verdict guilty ⓘ

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Crime of the Century (Lindbergh kidnapping) → trialNickname → Trial of the Century ⓘ
subject linked to: Crime of the Century
Trial of the Century → nickName → Trial of the Century ⓘ