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who was the lawyer who defended the eight british soldiers placed on trial during the british massacre

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John Adams was the Lawyer to defend the 8 Soldiers

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John Adams defended these soldiers in trial for the Boston Massacre. Which it really wasn’t, the Americans used it to rally people to fight back. Anyway John Adams defended them because he believed trials should be fair and not like the corrupt king Of England

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Answer: John Adams

As noted in the 2008 HBO mini-series chronicling the life and career of John Adams (1735-1826), as a young lawyer the future president served as counsel for the defense in the trial of eight British soldiers accused of murder during a riot in Boston on March 5, 1770.

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