About half of the population of Boston attended the victim’s funerals.
John Adams, a founding father, actually defended the British soldiers in trial.
There were two British soldiers that avoided the death penalty because they knew how to read- The law was that of a man had the ability to read, they could claim to be clergy, and wouldn’t be bound by secular law. They were asked to read from the Bible, and did so. They only got their thumbs branded “m” for manslaughter.
