Divine Intervention?
Divine intervention maybe it was! When Amandus Hochmuth testified against Bruno Hauptmann, by replying “HIM” with utter conviction in reply to being asked whom he saw driving away from the Lindbergh residence on the morning of the abduction, the lights in the courtroom went blank. At this point, Hauptmann's lawyer cried out that the Lord had shown his dissent towards a false testimony. Hauptmann was accused of abducting and killing the son of Charles Lindbergh in 1935.
Courtroom Mayhem
In an almost farcical incident, a Chicago courtroom saw jurors join the common public in cheering and celebrating after acquitting 8 star baseball players. The players, belonging to the Chicago White Sox team were charged with playing a purposeful role in the 1919 World Series defeat. However, the trial only lasted a few hours after the main witness decided to vanish! When declared not guilty, the courtroom erupted with sounds of cheer and clap and the jurors joined in soon.
Reading Your Way to Escape
When under trial Ted Bundy was given access to the Pitkin County Courthouse library, he seized the opportunity to find his way out of prison. He cleverly climbed out of an open window and rather calmly walked around the neighbourhood. It took the police six days to get him back. At the time of arrest, he was behind the wheels of a stolen vehicle. Once booked, he was again put on trial for killing Caryn Campbell.
Inappropriately Dressed
If there were an award for being staggeringly brash, it would surely go to Larry Flynt. The man was accused several times under laws of pornography and every time he seemed to make a “bold” statement in court with his choice of clothes. With logos and graffiti that were out rightly offensive to the court, Flynt came to be known more for his sarcastic ways than his misdeeds. He once famously wore a T-Shirt that read “Fuck This Court” and wrapped the American flag around his abdomen as a diaper.
Button Up, Mr. Jackson
Being bizarre has probably being Michael Jackson's lifelong hobby. He has displayed enough bizarreness in his choice of clothes over the years with bright colored leather ensembles, zipped up bodysuits and so on. But all that was probably overshadowed when he actually showed up in a courtroom in PJs! The choice of color was none to soothe raising eyebrows or temperatures either, with Jackson teaming up a blue PJ with a crushed and dirty looking white shirt, together with a black blazer! A little over the top for a child molestation trial, ain't it?
