A federal jury reached partial verdicts on July 2 in Sean “Diddy” Combs’ trial, acquitting him of racketeering and human trafficking but finding him guilty on two counts of transporting individuals for paid intimate services. Judge Arun Subramanian denied bail due to Combs’ violent history, and the music mogul now faces up to 10 years per count, with sentencing scheduled for October and deliberations resuming on the unresolved racketeering charge.
Cases like this often captivate public attention, blending real-life drama with the intrigue of a courtroom showdown. As a society, we consume a lot of fictionalized drama, both in literature and on the big and small screens. So it's no surprise that our interest grows when we're presented with a real-life, high-profile criminal case. Whether it's obsessing over an ill-fitting glove or a shaky alibi, we love speculating and drawing conclusions based on new evidence. More than once, such events have been referred to as "the trial of the century." But which trials really stole the scene?
Click through this gallery to discover some of the most epic trials in history.