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      20 Biggest Trials of the Past 20 Years, from O.J. Simpson to Scott Peterson to Casey Anthony

      Casey Anthony’s murder trial is over, but how does it compare to America’s other legal circuses? The Daily Beast ranks the 20 biggest trials, by media saturation, of the past two decades.

      Updated Jul. 13, 2017 7:05PM ET / Published Jul. 07, 2011 12:00AM ET 

      Clockwise from top left: David Longstreath/ AP Photo; Getty Images (3)

      1, O.J. Simpson

      VINCE BUCCI

      2, Martha Stewart

      Don Emmert / AFP / Getty Images

      3, Michael Jackson

      Kevork Djansezian / WireImage

      4, Timothy McVeigh

      5, Rod Blagojevich

      Michael Tercha / Chicago Tribune / MCT

      6, I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby

      Win McNamee / Getty Images

      7, Saddam Hussein

      John Moore / Getty Images

      8, Scott Peterson

      Justin Sullivan / Getty Images

      9, Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling

      Dave Einsel / Getty Images

      10, Rae Carruth

      JEFF SINER

      11, John Gotti

      Gene Shaw

      12, Tom Delay

      Ben Sklar / Getty Images

      13, Lorena Bobbitt

      J. Scott Applewhite / AP Photo

      14, Jack Kevorkian

      Bill Pugliano

      15, Lyle and Erik Menendez

      Nick Ut

      16, John Allen Muhammad

      17, Stacey Koon, Theodore Briseno, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind

      Nick Ut

      18, Robert Blake

      Nick Ut / AP Photo

      19, Colin Ferguson

      Kevin Larkin

      20, Bernard Ebbers

      Mark Wilson / Getty Images

      READ THIS LIST

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