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Insanity on trial

Charles Julius Guiteau, an unemployed lawyer, shot President James A. Garfield in the back on July 2, 1881 in a Washington, D.C. train station. Guiteau's trial lasted over three months and became a very public battle over the definition of insanity.

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  • "Charles Julius Guiteau, had shot President James A. Garfield, July 2, 1881. His trial was as sensational as the assassination itself. It lasted over three months and became a very public battle over the definition of insanity."
  • "Charles Julius Guiteau, an unemployed lawyer, shot President James A. Garfield in the back on July 2, 1881 in a Washington, D.C. train station. Guiteau's trial lasted over three months and became a very public battle over the definition of insanity."@en
  • "Charles Julius Guiteau assassinated President James A. Garfield in 1881. This film utilizes a combination of documentary sequences and dramatic recreations based on court transcripts, letters and first-hand accounts to bring to light 19th-century understanding of mental illness, politics, medicine, God and fame."@en

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  • "Nonfiction television programs"@en
  • "Television programs"@en
  • "History"
  • "Video recordings for the hearing impaired"@en
  • "Documentary television programs"@en

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  • "Insanity on trial"
  • "Insanity on trial"@en