Trial on DVD

A review for the recent Richard III DVD describes 'The Trial of
Richard III' as
"a TV curio from 1984 that seeks to rehabilitate the much-maligned
monarch in a court of law using actual QCs and 'witnesses'. Dull to
the point of distraction, it will have even the most devoted
historian reaching for the remote"
Didn't like it then?:-)
Paul

"a winner is a dreamer who just won't quit"

--- In , Paul Trevor Bale
<paultrevor@...> wrote:
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> A review for the recent Richard III DVD describes 'The Trial of
> Richard III' as
> "a TV curio from 1984 that seeks to rehabilitate the much-maligned
> monarch in a court of law using actual QCs and 'witnesses'. Dull
to
> the point of distraction, it will have even the most devoted
> historian reaching for the remote"
> Didn't like it then?:-)


There was a moot court trial of Richard III in the US at about the
same time. The witnesses, in period costume, sat among the modern-
dress court watchers until called to testify, which I enjoyed.
Richard was present, and not hunchbacked or evilly leering.

He was aquitted due to lack of evidence, on the accusation of
murdering his nephews.

Katy

We've had a couple of these in relatively recent
times, including two presided over by William
Rehnquist. Once he was acquitted on the "beyond a
reasonable doubt" standard and once on the "more
likely than not standard," which I thought was
especially cool. That one was argued before three of
our Supreme Court justices -- Rehnquist, Ginsberg, and
Breyer.

--- oregonkaty <[email protected]> wrote:

> --- In , Paul
> Trevor Bale
> <paultrevor@...> wrote:
> >
> > A review for the recent Richard III DVD describes
> 'The Trial of
> > Richard III' as
> > "a TV curio from 1984 that seeks to rehabilitate
> the much-maligned
> > monarch in a court of law using actual QCs and
> 'witnesses'. Dull
> to
> > the point of distraction, it will have even the
> most devoted
> > historian reaching for the remote"
> > Didn't like it then?:-)
>
>
> There was a moot court trial of Richard III in the
> US at about the
> same time. The witnesses, in period costume, sat
> among the modern-
> dress court watchers until called to testify, which
> I enjoyed.
> Richard was present, and not hunchbacked or evilly
> leering.
>
> He was aquitted due to lack of evidence, on the
> accusation of
> murdering his nephews.
>
> Katy
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