Examines the trials of the men accused of murdering three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964, including the Supreme Court decision to try the defendants in a federal rather than a state court and the final verdicts which marked the first time, in Mississippi, that a jury convicted white men for killing African Americans or civil rights workers.
Discusses the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, two Italian immigrants who were tried and convicted for a murder that they did not appear to have committed.
Sixteen-year-old Hope must defend her developmentally disabled brother, who has not spoken a word since he was seven years old, when he is accused of murdering a beloved high school baseball coach.
Chronicles the controversial trial of Italian-American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti for robbery and murder, and presents numerous primary source excerpts and photos.
Chronicles the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for the kidnapping of pilot Charles Lindbergh's infant son, and presents numerous primary source excerpts and photos.
Discusses eight criminal trials tried in United States' courts, including the trials of Sacco and Vanzetti, Leopold and Loeb, Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, the Chicago Eight, Sirhan B. Sirhan, and James Earl Ray.
