Legal Battle The Joe Hill case is an incredible opportunity to study this nation at the turn of the century, and see what life and living and law were like long before our society's safety nets were created. Different people looking at the evidence will come to different conclusions about whether Hill actually was one of the gunmen who entered the Morrison store in Utah on January, 1914 and shot two men to death. But the importance of Hill's story is to understand the process that was at work -- the political and social climate that contributed to, and perhaps shaped, the trial and the very notion of justice. Guilty or Innocent? Producer/Director Ken Verdoia weighs the evidence Learn why one contemporary criminal defense attorney wishes he could turn back time and represent Hill                 About the Program || Joe Hill Home || PBS Home