This is a courtroom scene depicting a hypothetical jury trial of the Donner Party, settlers in 1846 who were trapped in snowy Sierra Nevada Mountains. The surviving members of the Donner Party have historically been regarded as cannibals.
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Attribution: Barbara Rush, Legal Assistant, Research & Writing Specialist at Feldman, Franden, Woodard & Farris in Tulsa, Oklahoma
