Zenger Trial
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- New York Weekly Journal
- Extra! Extra! Government is corrupt.
- Paper Burned
- Accused
- Your newspaper is saying bad things about the governor and causing riots. You will have a trial.
- John Peter Zenger publishes a series of articles in which he criticizes the governor of New York.
- Hamilton's Defense
- Please consider Mr. Zenger's claims about the governor are true before deciding on a verdict.
- The governor orders the New York weekly Journal burned and has Peter Zenger arrested.
- Jury's Decision
- We the Jury find John Peter Zenger Not Guilty!
- I told you to say he was GUILTY!
- Peter Zenger is accused of seditious libel and his trial begins.
- Life With The First Amendment
- Thoughts on President Obama.
- The United States government is corrupt.
- John Peter Zenger's brilliant defense lawyer Andrew Hamilton helped win the case by proving Zenger didn't commit seditious libel.
- Hamilton convinced the Jury that Zenger's claims about the governor are true so it wouldn't be seditious libel. This caused the jury to find Zenger not guilty.
- People can speak their mind and say what they want. The press can write what they want about the goverment and people because of the Zenger Trial.
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