A recounting of the criminal and civil trials by a former prosecutor overlooks the significance of how the former judge Landis and the state court judge pandered to the headlines to rashly and harshly punish the high-profile Jackson, whom they personally disliked.<ref>https://sabr.org/research/ever-changing-story-exposition-and-analysis-shoeless-joe-jacksons-public-statements-black</ref> Commentary hostile to Jackson often overlook that he was illiterate, and was deprived of due process by Landis in banning Jackson for life without even doing an investigation. | A recounting of the criminal and civil trials by a former prosecutor overlooks the significance of how the former judge Landis and the state court judge pandered to the headlines to rashly and harshly punish the high-profile Jackson, whom they personally disliked.<ref>https://sabr.org/research/ever-changing-story-exposition-and-analysis-shoeless-joe-jacksons-public-statements-black</ref> Commentary hostile to Jackson often overlook that he was illiterate, and was deprived of due process by Landis in banning Jackson for life without even doing an investigation. |