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KEV67

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I have recently finished The Brothers Karamazov, which had a long trial scene. It bored me tbh. I don't know what C19th Russian trials were like, but it surprised me how speculative the defence and prosecuting lawyers were allowed to be. That made me wonder about other famous books with trials. Personally I thought the trial in To Kill a Mockingbird was rather weak. The trial in the book In Cold Blood surprised me a little bit because both the prosecution and defence used biblical quotes and references to scripture. They should keep God out of it, other than swearing on the Bible, and maybe they should not do that. There was a trial in Mary Barton. I was surprised by how rushed it was. I don't know whether the trial was realistic or not. The only other trial I can remember offhand was Fagin's in Oliver Twist, and during that Fagin was rather in a daze.

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