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Author Lavergne, Gary M., 1955-

Title Worse than death : the Dallas nightclub murders and the Texas multiple murder law / Gary M. Lavergne.

Publication Info. Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2003.
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Edition 1st ed.
Description 1 online resource (xii, 270 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series North Texas crime and criminal justice ; no. 2
North Texas crime and criminal justice series ; no. 2.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
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Subject Mass murder -- Texas -- Dallas.
Mass murder.
Texas -- Dallas.
Homicide -- Texas.
Homicide.
Texas.
Life imprisonment -- Texas.
Life imprisonment.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lavergne, Gary M., 1955- Worse than death. 1st ed. Denton : University of North Texas Press, 2003 1574411675 (DLC) 2003007236 (OCoLC)52041331
ISBN 1417531479 (electronic book)
9781417531479 (electronic book)
1574411675 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
9781574411676 (cloth ; alkaline paper)
1433710501
9781433710506
9781574414219
1574414216

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