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The devil on trial : witches, anarchists, atheists, communists, and terrorists in America's courtrooms / by Phillip Marguiles and Maxine Rosaler.

By: Marguiles, Phillip.
Contributor(s): Rosaler, Maxine.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2008Description: 218 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 9780618717170 (trade); 061871717X.Subject(s): Trials -- United States | Criminal justice, Administration of -- Social aspects -- United States | Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- United States -- History | Trials -- United States | Administration of criminal justice -- United States -- Social aspects | Discrimination in criminal justice administration -- HistoryDDC classification: 345.73/02
Contents:
The Salem witch trials -- The Haymarket bomb trial -- The Scopes "monkey" trial -- The trials of Alger Hiss -- The trials of Zacarias Moussaoui -- Epilogue : Law in the age of terror.
Summary: Examines five cases throughout history as examples of situations where people have compromised their principles in the name of safety, and covers the Salem witch trials, the Haymarket Affair trial, the Scopes "Monkey" trial, and others.
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Examines five cases throughout history as examples of situations where people have compromised their principles in the name of safety, and covers the Salem witch trials, the Haymarket Affair trial, the Scopes "Monkey" trial, and others.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [177]-207) and index.

The Salem witch trials -- The Haymarket bomb trial -- The Scopes "monkey" trial -- The trials of Alger Hiss -- The trials of Zacarias Moussaoui -- Epilogue : Law in the age of terror.

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