Sign of the cross : the prosecutor's true story of a landmark trial against the Klan

This is the true story of the successful prosecution of leading members of the Ku Klux Klan in the wake of a harrowing cross-burning in Los Angeles. The book bears witness to the religious conviction that sustained the author through the court battle. Sign Of The Cross Is A Prosecutor's Tale Of His Struggle To Punish The Ku Klux Klan For Its Acts Of Terror In Southern California. Based On Police Records, Courtroom Proceedings, And Actual Testimony, Phillips Tells The Story Of His Battle Against The Klan.--jacket. Sign Of The Cross -- Klansmen In The Night -- Power Of The Cross -- Evidence And Inference -- Conflicting Agendas -- Informants -- Quest For The Truth -- Day And A Life -- Partner To Be -- Intemperate Judge -- Undercover Cop -- Halls Of Injustice -- Race Warriors -- Picking Up The Pieces -- Prosecutor For Hire -- False Accusations -- Trade-off -- Opening Statement -- People's Case In Chief -- Defense Case -- Opening Argument Of The People -- Defense Argument -- Prosecutions Rebuttal Argument -- Verdict -- Epilogue. John W. Phillips. This is a prosecutor's harrowing -- and ultimately triumphant -- account of his struggle to punish the Ku Klux Klan for its acts of terror in southern California in the 1980's. Using actual testimony -- recorded conversations, and reports of police, Klansmen, informants, and prosecutors -- Phillips tells the story of his unprecedented and stormy legal battle against the Klan. "Sign of the Cross is a prosecutor's tale of his struggle to punish the Ku Klux Klan for its acts of terror in southern California. Based on police records, courtroom proceedings, and actual testimony, Phillips tells the story of his battle against the Klan."--BOOK JACKET.