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Mooney's case was propelled into a cause celebre by the verdict and his sentence of death. Labor organizations in the United States and throughout the world sponsored rallies and otherwise protested the outcome of the trial. President Wilson was moved to appoint a commission, chaired by the secretary of labor, to conduct an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding Mooney's conviction. The subsequent report condemned the atmosphere in which the trial had been held and suggested that there had been a concerted effort on the parts of certain commercial interests to ensure that a conviction resulted regardless of whether it was supported by sufficient evidence. Mooney's trial judge, troubled by the report and other disclosures made during the course of the commission's investigation, prevailed upon the state's attorney general to reopen the case. The state supreme court, however, refused to take any action. The law of the state...
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