Worse Than the Devil: Anarchists, Clarence Darrow, and Justice in a Time of Terror - Softcover

Strang, Dean A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299309142 ISBN 13: 9780299309145

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2016

Synopsis

In 1917 a bomb exploded in a Milwaukee police station, killing nine officers and a civilian. Days later, a trial began for eleven Italian immigrants who had already been in jail for months for an unrelated riot. The specter of the bombing, for which no one had been arrested, haunted the proceedings. Against the backdrop of World War I and amid a prevailing hatred and fear of radical immigrants and anarchists, the Italians had an unfair trial. Famed attorney Clarence Darrow led an appeal that gained freedom for most of the convicted, but his own methods were deeply suspect. The entire case left a dark, though largely forgotten, stain on American justice.

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About the Author

Dean A. Strang is a criminal defense lawyer in Madison, Wisconsin, and an adjunct professor at the law schools of the University of Wisconsin and Marquette University.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299309142
• ISBN 13: 9780299309145
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 288