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.
"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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