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Mooney's conviction was as much a product of the times as it was the result of a concerted effort to skirt the law. Even before the trial had begun, there had been an ominous shift in public opinion away from the liberalism of the progressive era toward a more conservative view of the world. The threat to deeply held notions of democratic ideals seemed very real to most people. The possibility of becoming embroiled in a war had intensified feelings of patriotism while creating greater antagonism toward anything that smacked of a foreign or radical influence. This fear, which would peak in the postwar years, affected judge and jurors alike in Mooney's case, giving them ample reason, they believed, to ignore evidence of misconduct on the part of the police and the prosecutors. The prosecution's theory, which found no support in the evidence, was that Mooney...
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