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The Conspiracy Trial of the Chicago Seven
John Schultz
出版
University of Chicago Press
, 2020-10-16
主題
History / General
History / United States / 20th Century
Law / General
Political Science / Political Process / Political Advocacy
Law / Criminal Law / General
History / Social History
Political Science / Civil Rights
Law / Legal History
ISBN
022675894X
9780226758947
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=SFwBEAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
“One of the few great trial books of our time . . . Any reader looking for a quick course in how a criminal trial can go wrong would do well to read [it].” —Timothy Sullivan, author of
Unequal Verdicts
In 1969, the Chicago Seven were charged with intent to “incite, organize, promote, and encourage” antiwar riots during the chaotic 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The defendants included major figures of the antiwar and racial justice movements: Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin, the madcap founders of the Yippies; Tom Hayden and Rennie Davis, founders of Students for a Democratic Society and longtime antiwar organizers; David Dellinger, a pacifist and chair of the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam; and Bobby Seale, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, who would be bound and gagged in the courtroom before his case was severed from the rest.
The Conspiracy Trial of the Chicago Seven
is an electrifying account of the months-long trial that commanded the attention of a divided nation. John Schultz, on assignment for
The Evergreen Review
, witnessed the whole trial of the Chicago Seven, from the jury selection to the aftermath of the verdict. In his vivid account, Schultz exposes the raw emotions, surreal testimony, and judicial prejudice that came to define one of the most significant legal events in American history.
In October 2020, Aaron Sorkin’s film,
The Trial of the Chicago Seven
, brought this iconic trial to the screen.
“This work, aside from being a profound study of fear, is investigative journalism in its highest sense.” —Studs Terkel, Pulitzer Prize–winning author