http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/archive/tags/John+Adams/default.aspxTags: John AdamsenCommunityServer 2007.1 SP1 (Build: 30415.43)http://blogs.law.yale.edu/blogs/reference/archive/2008/04/15/the-law-library-of-congress-comes-through-again.aspxTue, 15 Apr 2008 15:28:00 GMT3dba5dbf-cc88-412d-a5e1-dc96318a2d17:137John Nann0<p>One of the great early American examples of a lawyer ensuring that unpopular defendants got a fair trial, even defendants with whom the lawyer may have disagreed took place in Boston in 1770.&nbsp; The lawyer was John Adams and the defendants were the British soldiers who were accused of murder from their involvement in the Boston Massacre of March 5, 1770.</p><p>&nbsp;The Law Library of Congress has <a href="http://www.loc.gov/law/help/rare-books/john_adams.html">posted</a> copies of three published accounts of the records and transcripts of the trial, a history of the Massacre and trial, and a character sketch of Adams that includes his Speech on the Boston Massacre.</p><p>Great reading on one of the great ethical responses of the revolutionary bar!!<br /></p><img src="http://blogs.law.yale.edu/aggbug.aspx?PostID=137" width="1" height="1">EthicsHistorylibrary of congressJohn Adams