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It's December 3rd, 1770, in the courthouse on Queen Street in Boston.

Despite the cold outside, the packed courtroom is full of energy and tension.

That one reporter calls, electric.

Eight British soldiers are on trial for their part in the Boston massacre last March.

You know, when a group of menacing redcoats fired into a crowd of innocent lads,

throwing mere snowballs, or maybe it was when a Bostonian mob viciously attacked the

King's soldiers, forcing them to fire in self-defense.

It's hard to say when, for many, emotions outweigh the facts.

Collinists who believe the first version want revenge, but today, the soldier's defencilier

will give his closing arguments on their behalf.

The defendants, the jury, and the spectator's watch as a five-foot six-man with a specks

of grain in his hair and a thick midsection stands at the front of the room.

John Adams turns his sharp blue eyes on the jury and states,

I am for the prisoners at the bar.

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