Trials of Eroy Brown - The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System

Klappentext The shocking story of the black inmate who was acquitted after killing two high-ranking prison guards in a case that publicized the horrors of Texas's "plantation-style" prison system Michael Berryhill tells Brown's side of the story with care and skill...the story contributes to the growing literature on Texas prisons and prison histories, and it resonates beyond this topic.--Norwood Andrews, University of Texas-Pan American"The Journal of Southern History" (05/01/2013) Zusammenfassung The shocking story of the black inmate who was acquitted after killing two high-ranking prison guards in a case that publicized the horrors of Texas's "plantation-style" prison system.

Product details

• Authors: Michael Berryhill
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2011
• EAN: 9780292726949
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72694-9
• No. of pages: 247
• Series: Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture; Jack and Doris Smothers Series in Texas History, Life, and Culture
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology