Dec 4, 2020
In the aftermath of WWI two Italian immigrants with ties to the anarchist movement were charged with robbery and murder in a Massachusetts court in 1920. The case became known world wide when both men were sentenced to death. This is the story of those men and their trial.
Oct 12, 2020
Religious liberty and the power of the government collide head on in this case from Restoration England.
Jul 24, 2020
The story continues as the Sweet case goes to trial.
An all white, all male jury sits in judgment over the eleven Black defendants as Clarence Darrow struggles to have justice prevail.
Jun 19, 2020
The story of prosecution of 11 black people for a death occurring while defending themselves from a racist mob in 1925 Detroit continues.
Jun 2, 2020
In a courtroom in Detroit in 1925, ten black men and one black woman were on trial for murder. They were charged with the shooting death of a member of a mob of angry white people who were trying to drive them out of a house in a white neighborhood. Racism in the northern cities ( and in particular racial bias in...