Dan Abrams and David Fisher

Dan Abrams and David Fisher are the authors of Lincoln's Last Trial: The Murder Case That Propelled Him to the Presidency.

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John Adams Defended Enemy Soldiers. That Case Still Shapes History

On March 5, 1770, British soldiers shot and killed five American colonists—and John Adams agreed to represent the soldiers in court

By Dan Abrams and David Fisher

The Sensational Murder Trial That Showed Off Abraham Lincoln's Skill as a Lawyer

Read an excerpt from a new book that goes inside the very last murder trial that Abraham Lincoln ever argued as a lawyer

By Dan Abrams and David Fisher
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