At Clark University, College of Professional and Continuing Education, in Worcester, MA, you can take a course that has as its course requirements the study of the Borden trial. I know of several high school social studies classes using the case to investigate the legal system, and one other seminar-type course of study at a university in Europe (taught by the eminent professor Stephen Nissenbaum), but this is the first catalogued course I have seen. I hope that those are evening meeting times!
Thanks to “intrepid reporter” for bringing this to my attention.
Great American Criminal Trials
CJ2090 M 6:30-9:30 Section: 1
Donald Moran
From colonial times to the present, trials have been the ultimate means to resolve disputes in American society. They also serve as a source of popular entertainment, public ritual and real-life drama. Included in the trials we study will be Lizzie Bordon, John Hinckley, Louis Woodward and the recent Massachusetts trials of Drs. Sharpe and Greinder; John Geoghan’s child molestation trial and Commonwealth v. Junta. We will examine the seriousness of the crimes, the impaneling of jurors, trial tactics, verdicts, etc.
