Table of Contents
"You Don't Know About Vincent Chin?" 1
Part I "The Last Time"
Chapter 1 "One Last Night Out with the Guys" 7
Chapter 2 Murder City 15
Chapter 3 "Mama Is Here" 21
Chapter 4 Father's Day 27
Chapter 5 "As Long as We Have Each Other" 34
Chapter 6 "The Little Yellow People" 42
"They Keep Their History Very Quiet" 51
Part II "It's Not Fair"
Chapter 7 "You Make the Punishment Fit the Criminal" 57
Chapter 8 An Asian American Dream Deferred 63
Chapter 9 "This Is How Far We've Come in Two Hundred Years?" 69
Chapter 10 "We Must Let the World Know That We Think This is Wrong" 80
"Are You Gonna Let Him Call You That?"
Part III Justice for Vincent Chin
Chapter 11 The Warrior 89
Chapter 12 American Citizens for Justice 93
Chapter 13 "They Will Never Be the Same" 97
Chapter 14 "We Dropped the Ball" 103
Chapter 15 A Man of the Law 112
Chapter 16 "Time to Talk About Race" 124
Chapter 17 "We Want justice" 129
Chapter 18 Mrs. Chin Goes to Washington 140
"In the Spotlight" 153
Part IV United States V. Ronald Ebens and Michael Nitz
Chapter 19 The Defenders: Miriam Siefer and Frank Eaman 159
Chapter 20 The Trailblazer: The Honorable Anna Diggs Taylor 166
Chapter 21 The Jury: "You Must Keep an Open Mind" 171
Chapter 22 The Opening Statements: "The Burden of Proof" 177
Chapter 23 The Bachelor Party: "We Are Just Here to Have a Good Time" 180
Chapter 24 The Employees: "It's Because of You" 196
Chapter 25 The Cops: "He Shouldn't Have Done It" 201
Chapter 26 The Eyewitnesses: "Government Exhibit No. 14" 206
Chapter 27 The Mother: "My Name Is Lily Chin" 214
Chapter 28 The Stepson: "It Happened So Quickly" 217
Chapter 29 The Father: "Something Just Snapped" 227
Chapter 30 The Closing Arguments: "Your Hardest Part Is Still Ahead" 237
Chapter 31 The Verdict: "I Can't Bring Him Back" 246
"In the Shadows"
Part V Beyond a Reasonable Doubt
Chapter 32 "This Case Is Not Over" 261
Chapter 33 "We All Remember Our Lines, Okay?" 266
Chapter 34 "A Very, Very Tough Decision" 273
"I Really Don't Want to Talk About It"
Part VI "Remember Me Always"
Chapter 35 America Breaks Its Promise to Lily Chin 283
Chapter 36 "You Never Get Over It" 290
Chapter 37 "Vincent's Soul Will Never Rest" 293
"We Need to Talk About This" 303
Afterword 307
Timeline 315
Acknowledgments 319
Notes 323
Sources 361
Picture Credits 363
Index 365