TY  - GEN
T1  - Worse than the devil : Anarchists, Clarence Darrow, and justice in a time of terror
A1  - Strang, Dean A.
LA  - English
PP  - Madison
PB  - The University of Wisconsin Press
YR  - 2013
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/ebsco_acadsubs_ocn838790681
AB  - In 1917, a bomb exploded in a Milwaukee police station, killing nine officers and a civilian. Those responsible never were apprehended, but police, press, and public all assumed that the perpetrators were Italian. Days later, eleven alleged Italian anarchists went to trial on unrelated charges involving a fracas that had occurred two months before. Against the backdrop of World War I, and amidst a prevailing hatred and fear of radical immigrants, the Italians had an unfair trial. The specter of the larger, uncharged crime of the bombing haunted the proceedings and assured convictions of all eleven. Although Clarence Darrow led an appeal that gained freedom for most of the convicted, the celebrated lawyer's methods themselves were deeply suspect. The entire case left a dark, if hidden, stain on American justice. Largely overlooked for almost a century, the compelling story of this case emerges in this book.
CN  - HV6483.M55 S77 2013eb
SN  - 0299293939
SN  - 9780299293932
SN  - 0299293947
SN  - 9780299293949
SN  - 9781299443433
SN  - 1299443435
KW  - Darrow, Clarence, : 1857-1938.
KW  - Darrow, Clarence, : 1857-1938
KW  - Trials (Riots) : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : History : 20th century.
KW  - Judicial corruption : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : History : 20th century.
KW  - Anarchists : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : History : 20th century.
KW  - Italian Americans : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : History : 20th century.
KW  - Bay View (Milwaukee, Wis.) : History : 20th century.
KW  - Milwaukee (Wis.) : History : 20th century.
KW  - Procès (Émeutes) : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Corruption judiciaire : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Anarchistes : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Américains d'origine italienne : Wisconsin : Milwaukee : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - LAW : Criminal Law : General.
KW  - Anarchists
KW  - Italian Americans
KW  - Judicial corruption
KW  - Trials (Riots)
KW  - Wisconsin : Milwaukee
KW  - Wisconsin : Milwaukee : Bay View
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - History
ER  -