Worse than death : the Dallas nightclub murders and the Texas multiple murder law /

Worse than death : the Dallas nightclub murders and the Texas multiple murder law /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Lavergne, Gary M., 1955-
Edition:	1st ed.
Imprint:	Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	North Texas crime and criminal justice ; no. 2 North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 2.
Subject:	Mass murder -- Texas -- Dallas. Homicide -- Texas. Life imprisonment -- Texas. Homicide. Life imprisonment. Mass murder. Texas. Texas -- Dallas. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11129626

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ISBN:	1417531479 9781417531479 1574411675 9781574411676 1433710501 9781433710506 9781574414219 1574414216
Digital file characteristics:	text file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. English. Print version record.
Summary:	In 1984, a Moroccan national gunned down seven people in a Dallas nightclub, killing six. Under 1984 statutes his crimes were not deemed capital murders and instead he was given life imprisonment. This work explores the case and subsequent change in "multiple murder" statute it brought about.
Other form:	Print version: Lavergne, Gary M., 1955- Worse than death. 1st ed. Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2003 1574411675
Standard no.:	9781574411676

Table of Contents:

WORSE THAN DEATH; Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Notes; 1 Disconcerting Stares; 2 Morocco; 3 "Pick on me"; 4 America; 5 The North Dallas Nightclub Scene; 6 A Position for Tragedy; 7 "Take that ... "; 8 "I came to kill you."; 9 "A miracle from God"; 10 For the State; 11 For the Defense; 12 "An altered state of consciousness"; 13 For the Jury; 14 "Dying by littles"; 15 Ad Seg; Notes on Sources; Index.