trials (political crimes and offenses)

Provides accounts of thirty-five crimes and trials that achieved celebrity status, beginning with the Black Sox scandal of 1919 and continuing through the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse scandal of 2004, each with photographs, sidebars, and references; and includes introductory essays that discuss the social and historical contexts in which the cases occurred.

Examines the efforts to gain the right for women in the United States to vote, focusing on the trial of Susan B. Anthony for illegally voting in the presidential election in 1872.