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The trials of Eroy Brown : the murder case that shook the Texas prison system / Michael Berryhill.
Van Pelt Library HV9475.T4 B47 2011
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Berryhill, Michael.
- Series:
- Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 31.
- Jack and Doris Smothers series in Texas history, life, and culture ; no. 31
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brown, Eroy.
- Prison homicide--Texas--Case studies.
- Prison homicide.
- Prison administration--Corrupt practices--Texas--Case studies.
- Prison administration.
- Trials (Murder)--Texas.
- Trials (Murder).
- Prison administration--Corrupt practices.
- Texas.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 239 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Austin : University of Texas Press, [2011]
- Contents:
- A fishing trip to Ellis Prison
- Death at Turkey Creek
- Estelle's bitterness
- A confusing scene
- The aura of Ellis
- The witch and the writ writers
- The question of the gun
- The shadow of Ruiz
- Weasel
- The dangers of testifying
- Old thing
- Eroy as aggressor
- The defense is self-defense
- Eroy's story
- The perfect defendant
- The TDC on trial
- The arc of the moral universe
- The shoes of Eroy Brown
- Politics and prisons
- The state tries again
- A cat batters a mouse
- Twenty-three jurors
- Still not protected
- Paying for justice
- The end of an era
- Free at last
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780292726949
- 0292726945
- OCLC:
- 714734774
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