Beilis was falsely accused of killing a young Christian boy in Czarist Russia. It was not only Beilis being tried, but the Jewish people as well, of course. So much hinged on this trial, it garnered international interest. A psychologist testified as an expert witness for the prosecution that in his opinion it was a case of ritual murder, which doesn't do anything to improve my opinion of that profession! Beilis was in jail for two years until the trial took place. When acquitted, he moved to Palestine with his family, and then to the United States.
There is a lot of material: here about the case.
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