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• The three have been on trial in Chicago for nine weeks.
  — Chicago Tribune Staff, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2023
• On both these dates, Rodgers was on trial, the motion reads.
  — Krista Torralva, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
• He was scheduled to go on trial Nov. 27 before the plea deal.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• Then the dalliance comes to light and the golden boy finds himself on trial for the homicide.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 12 June 2024
• There was a murder case in the news at the time—a doctor and his lover were on trial for killing the woman’s husband.
  — Mary Costello, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
• For the first time, Donald Trump will be on trial in a criminal court.
  — Brian Bennett, TIME, 15 Apr. 2024
• The peaceful transfer of power, which Trump aims to end, is on trial.
  — Don Flood, Baltimore Sun, 11 July 2024
• Menendez is on trial with two of the businessmen — Wael Hana and Fred Daibes.
  — CBS News, 9 July 2024
• Salmeron, Garcia and Moreno are scheduled to go on trial Oct. 1.
  — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2024
• Two teens are set to go on trial for the death of 16-year-old Brianna Ghey on July 10.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 20 Feb. 2023
• Here’s everything to know so far: Why is Gwyneth on trial?
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 27 Mar. 2023
• Félicien Kabuga, a wealthy businessman who had been on the run for 23 years, has been on trial since last year.
  — Lynsey Chutel, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• Gwyneth Paltrow will go on trial 7 years after a Utah ski slopes crash.
  — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2023
• While on trial, Owens killed an inmate at a county jail.
  — CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024
• Hunter is on trial for three felony counts in Wilmington, Del.
  — Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 7 June 2024
• These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020.
  — Charles Bethea, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2024
• The couple remained the children's guardians as Simpson was on trial for the murder of Nicole and Goldman.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024
• The disgraced crypto king, on trial for financial fraud, takes the stand.
  — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• Now, the man charged in connection with the 17-year-old girl's disappearance and death is on trial.
  — Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 July 2023
• While a single man will be on trial, the whole crypto industry will be in the harsh spotlight.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 3 Oct. 2023
• Wow, Well, speaking of, obviously, Trump has been on trial over the past few weeks.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 15 May 2024
• There are five Proud Boys on trial, so each of their attorneys gets to give a closing remark.
  — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 25 Apr. 2023
• The case is the first to put parents on trial over a school shooting, and has drawn national interest.
  — Gina Kaufman, Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2024
• Nine months later, he’s put on trial and sentenced to 18 years in prison for financial fraud and abuse of power.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2023
• Both have pleaded not guilty to all charges, and Chad will go on trial separately.
  — Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 3 Apr. 2023
• The calendar will abet that: Trump is scheduled to go on trial in New York in late March, during the midst of the primary season.
  — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Aug. 2023
• He was expected to go on trial next year, though an official date had not been set.
  — Nicole Acosta, Peoplemag, 6 Oct. 2023
• Cobbs, of Clinton, Md., is one of six people on trial in the case, and the only co-defendant in the group not detained in the D.C. jail after their arrests.
  — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2023
• The music producer was on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson.
  — The Arizona Republic, 27 Sep. 2024
• The sequel, which is largely a courtroom drama in which Phoenix’s Arthur Fleck is on trial for killing several people in the first film, is a musical, a hard pivot from the first film.
  — Conor Murray, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024