Execution of Justice February 20, 2009

It's been a generation since the assassination of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician in America. Long before O.J. Simpson, the verdict against Dan White roiled the nation with the now-infamous twinkie defense. In the aftermath of the verdict, an extraordinary young playwright named Emily Mann went to San Francisco to find out how the city and the nation could heal. Working from trial transcripts and interviews of San Fransciso's leaders and citizens, she preserved one of the most important events in contemporary history.