An Inclusive Litany

10/12/92

The University of Minnesota held a mock trial of Christopher Columbus, with the 12-member jury finding him guilty of slavery, torture, murder, forced labor, kidnapping, violence, and robbery. Jurors, however, could not agree on charges of genocide, rape, and international terrorism. The explorer was sentenced to 350 years of community service; the death penalty was ruled out because "his victims were not a violent people and do not condone death."