Bonnie of Bonnie and Clyde goes on mock trial Monday night

April 9, 2012 | 11:49 p.m. CDT

The Historical and Theatrical Trial Society and the MU School of Law put Bonnie Parker on mock trial in "The Trail's End: The Trial of Bonnie Parker" on Monday night at the Missouri Theatre.

Ashton Botts, a second-year law student at MU, pins her hat on as she gets into costume backstage before "The Trail's End: The Trial of Bonnie Parker" on Monday at the Missouri Theatre. Botts portrayed Bonnie Parker of Bonnie and Clyde during the mock trial. | Elizabeth Pierson

Jake Kohut, a third-year law student at MU, delivers his opening statement during the Historical and Theatrical Trial Society's presentation of "The Trail's End: The Trial of Bonnie Parker" on Monday at the Missouri Theatre. Kohut played a state attorney during the mock trial alongside Scott Fox, the current Cooper County prosecutor. | Elizabeth Pierson

Dennis Crouch, an MU law professor, studies the case's facts backstage at "The Trail's End: The Trial of Bonnie Parker," a mock trial hosted by the Historical and Theatrical Society on Monday at the Missouri Theatre. Crouch portrayed a farmer that was a witness for the defense who claimed to have seen Bonnie Parker shoot two police officers on April 1, 1934. | Elizabeth Pierson

Participants of the Historical and Theatrical Trial Society conduct a mock trial titled "The Trail's End: The Trial of Bonnie Parker" on Monday at the Missouri Theatre. The mock trial was unscripted and attempted to apply modern law and technologies to an actual historical event, specifically the murder of two police officers on April 1, 1934. | Elizabeth Pierson