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Trial & Error (TV series)
Trial & Error is an American mockumentary sitcom that aired on NBC from 2017 to 2018, created by Jeff Astrof and Matt Miller, following a young New York lawyer defending eccentric murder suspects.
Trial 4
Trial 4 (Le quatrième procès) is an eight-part 2020 Netflix docuseries directed by Rémy Burkel about Sean K. Ellis, wrongfully convicted of the 1993 murder of Boston Detective John Mulligan, his 22 years in prison, and police corruption.
Trial and conviction of Charles Flores
Charles Flores, a Texas death row inmate, was convicted of capital murder in 1999 based primarily on a hypnotically assisted identification made 13 months after the crime.
Trial and deposition of Patriarch Nikon
The trial and deposition of Patriarch Nikon (Дело патриарха Никона) was the church proceeding that deposed Nikon in December 1666 and exiled him to the Ferapontov monastery.
Trial and error
Trial and error: learning by attempting responses and retaining those followed by satisfaction, from Thorndike's 1898 puzzle boxes and law of effect to vicarious trial and error and reinforcement learning.
Trial and execution of al-Afshin
The trial and execution of al-Afshin (محاكمة الأفشين) was the 840 prosecution of Abbasid commander Haydar ibn Kavus at Samarra; he died in prison in 841.
Trial and execution of Dara Shukoh
The trial and execution of Dara Shukoh (दारा शुकोह का वध) was the 1659 beheading in Delhi of Shah Jahan's eldest son, condemned for heresy by his brother Aurangzeb.
Trial and execution of José Rizal
Trial and execution of José Rizal: the December 26, 1896 court-martial and December 30, 1896 firing-squad death at Bagumbayan of the Filipino reformer, convicted of illegal association and inciting rebellion, with the contested retraction and Rizal Day legacy.
Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu
Trial and execution of Nicolae and Elena Ceaușescu: the 25 December 1989 one-hour Extraordinary Military Tribunal at Târgoviște, death sentence for genocide and other charges, same-day firing-squad execution, and its contested legacy.
Trial and execution of Vladimir of Staritsa
The trial and execution of Vladimir of Staritsa (Дело Владимира Старицкого) was the destruction of Prince Vladimir of Staritsa, Ivan the Terrible's cousin, in October 1569.
Trial and sentencing of Robert H. Richards IV
Trial and sentencing of Robert H. Richards IV: 2008-2009 Delaware case in which the du Pont heir pleaded guilty to fourth-degree rape of his three-year-old daughter and received a suspended eight-year sentence served as probation, which became public controversy in 2014.
Trial balance
A trial balance is an internal accounting report that lists general ledger account balances at a set date, checking that total debits equal total credits under double-entry bookkeeping.
Trial by combat
Trial by combat (wager of battle, judicial duel): a medieval legal procedure deciding guilt or right by armed fight between parties or champions. Introduced to England by the Normans in 1066; abolished there in 1819 after Ashford v Thornton.
Trial by Fire (2018 film)
Trial by Fire (2018) is Edward Zwick's biographical drama starring Jack O'Connell and Laura Dern, based on David Grann's 2009 New Yorker article about Cameron Todd Willingham's contested Texas arson conviction and 2004 execution.
Trial by Media
Trial by Media: 2020 Netflix true crime docuseries (6 episodes, TV-MA) from George Clooney, Steven Brill, and Jeffrey Toobin examining six trials, including Jenny Jones, Diallo, and Blagojevich, where media coverage shaped verdicts.
Trial by ordeal
Trial by ordeal: medieval judicial procedure (judicium Dei) deciding guilt by fire, water, or combat tests; Germanic in origin, church-administered, abolished by the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215, replaced by jury trial in England.
Trial for the 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot
Trial for the 2022–2023 Brazilian coup plot (AP 2668): Supreme Federal Court prosecution of Jair Bolsonaro and co-defendants; 4–1 conviction on 11 September 2025, 27-year-3-month sentence, Fux dissent, five nuclei of defendants.
Trial in absentia
Trial in absentia is a criminal proceeding held without the defendant, common in civil law systems. Safeguards include notice, counsel, and retrial; the ICC allows only in absentia charge confirmation, first used in the 2025 Kony case.
Trial of Alex Murdaugh
Trial of Alex Murdaugh: 2023 Walterboro, South Carolina double-murder trial for the killings of Maggie and Paul Murdaugh; convictions on kennel-video and cellphone evidence, two life sentences, reversed May 2026 with retrial set for 2027.
Trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson
Trial of Arne Cheyenne Johnson, the 1981 Connecticut "Devil Made Me Do It" murder trial, the only U.S. murder case where demonic possession was proposed as a defense; Judge Robert Callahan barred it, and Johnson was convicted of manslaughter.
Trial of Bahadur Shah Zafar
The Trial of Bahadur Shah Zafar (مقدمہ بہادر شاہ ظفر) was an 1858 British military trial in Delhi of the last Mughal emperor, who was exiled to Rangoon.
Trial of Bill Cosby
Trial of Bill Cosby: the Pennsylvania criminal prosecution of William H. Cosby Jr. for the aggravated indecent assault of Andrea Constand, covering the 2017 mistrial, 2018 retrial conviction and 3-to-10-year sentence, and the 2021 vacatur barring retrial.
Trial of Charles Taylor
The Trial of Charles Taylor ended on April 26, 2012, when the Special Court for Sierra Leone convicted the former Liberian president on all 11 counts of war crimes.
Trial of Clay Shaw
The 1969 New Orleans trial of businessman Clay Shaw, charged by DA Jim Garrison with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy; the only such trial ever held, ending in acquittal after 55 minutes of jury deliberation.
Trial of Daniel Sickles
The 1859 Washington, D.C. murder trial of Congressman Daniel Sickles for killing Philip Barton Key, his wife's lover; first successful temporary-insanity acquittal in U.S. history.
Trial of George Zimmerman
The 2013 Florida second-degree murder trial of George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin; six-woman jury acquitted him July 13, 2013 after a self-defense case; racially divided reaction and later DOJ closure.
Trial of Hein
Trial of Hein (Der Heimatlose) is Kai Stänicke's 2026 German debut drama, 122 minutes, in which a man returning after 14 years to a North Sea island village must prove his identity at a village trial; it won the Teddy Jury Award at the 2026 Berlinale.
Trial of Hissène Habré
The trial of Hissène Habré was the prosecution of Chad's former president before the Extraordinary African Chambers in Senegal, ending in conviction and life imprisonment in 2016.
Trial of Jeffrey Donaldson
The trial of Jeffrey Donaldson was a criminal prosecution at Newry Crown Court in Northern Ireland concerning sexual offenses against two complainants. Donaldson, a former leader of the Democratic Unionist Party, denied.
Trial of labor
A trial of labor is a planned attempt to deliver vaginally after a previous cesarean, undertaken with monitoring and staffing for prompt cesarean; success is called VBAC.