Pie in the Sky How Joe Hill's Lawyers Lost His Case, Got Him Shot, and Were Disbarred

Name: Pie in the Sky How Joe Hill's Lawyers Lost His Case, Got Him Shot, and Were Disbarred
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ISBN: 9781462029921

ISBN-10: 1462029922

ISBN-13: 9781462029921

Edition: 2011

Authors: Kenneth Lougee

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It could be said that the Joe Hill murder trial rates as one of the most important trials in Utah's history. Hill, a prolific Labor Union songwriter, was accused of murdering a Salt Lake City shopkeeper and his son during a robbery in 1914. In "Pie in the Sky, " author and trial lawyer Kenneth Lougee analyzes this case and explains the errors that were committed during the trial, which resulted in Hill's guilty verdict and subsequent execution. Interested in more than Hill's guilt or innocence, Lougee provides a thorough discussion of the case-including Hill's background with the Industrial Workers of the World, the political and religious climate in Utah at the time, the particulars of the…

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List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/8/2011
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 208
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

Kenneth Lougee is a trial lawyer with the Salt Lake City firm of Siegfried and Jensen. He holds a BA cum laude in History from Brigham Young University. His law degree is from the University of Oregon. He earned his MA in history from the University of Utah.Mr. Lougee is admitted to the state and federal courts in Alaska and Utah. He is a member of the American Bar Association, the Salt Lake bar association and the Tanana (Fairbanks Alaska) bar association. Currently he serves on the Utah Ethics Opinions Committee.