trials (murder)

Reconstructs a realistic murder crime on the remote Palmyra Island, 1,000 miles due south of Hawaii.

Tonya Hailey is brutally raped, beaten and left for dead by two drunken and remorseless men. After they are caught, Tonya's father shoots them and then must stand trial.

Mamie Till-Mobley discusses the effect on her life of the murder of her son, Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy who was killed in Mississippi in 1955 for allegedly whistling at a white woman, and tells how she was able to go on after his death to become a teacher and an activist in the civil rights struggle.

Story of a young slave, Celia, who was sexually exploited by her master and ultimately executed for his murder.

Tells the story of Italian immigrants Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were tried for murder in a political climate that greatly affected their right to a fair trial.

Hoping to ensure a better life for her child, a young slave woman exchanges her light-skinned baby for her master's.