The Conspiracy Trial: Day by Day

[Dave Taylor]

Thanks for highlighting my project, Roger. As I wrote in my introductory post explaining everything, I have been trying to improve my knowledge of the conspiracy trial over the past couple of years. Prior to this I never read the trial and only mined the transcripts for the relevant testimonies I needed for research.It's an incredibly intimidating resource. I'm hoping this project will help make it more accessible, though I am anxiously awaiting Michael Kauffman's book on the trial that he has been working on over the past few years. When completed, I'm sure Mike's work will completely revolutionize our understanding of the conspiracy trial. He was a great help to me while I was putting this together.

Sadly the trial starts a little slowly. The first few days of the trial deal with trying to get the conspirators legal representation. Witnesses don't begin until May 12th and the outside press is not allowed in until May 13th. I hope people will bear with me during these lean opening days of the trial.