The Chicago Conspiracy Trial - Softcover

I just returned from the Showcasing of the Chicago Conspiracy Trial at the American Bar Assn. convention in Chicago Aug 3-6. I was on a panel before the re-enactment, consulted on the re-enactment with many of the actors, I was on a panel after the re-enactment, talked with attorneys and others attending--in general, a marvellous event, organized by ABA and attorneys and staff of Chicago law firm Jenner and Block. The Chicago Conspiracy Trial was sold in the lobby. along with my book 'No One Was Killed,'about the Democratic National Convention of 1968. There was a great deal of curiosity about the trial and the Democratic Convention of 1968 and their unusual implications for trials growing out of contemporary cyber protest and world trade protest in Seattle, Washingtion, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Quebec City, and so on. I believe the reader would benefit from reading the account of the DNC of 1968 along with The Chicago Conspiracy Trial to get a grasp of events that have had such a large impact upon American political life.

The Chicago Conspiracy Trial is a dynamic explication of that trial as well as the events surrounding it. The author, John Schultz, witnessed the whole trial, and was the only investigator to obtain the story of how Judge hoffman successfully intimidated the jury. Schultz shows how the trial was a massive attempt to reshape the political turmoil of the time; the trial's impact, measured in terms of fear and intimidation, can still be felt today.