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Author Lavergne, Gary M

Title Worse Than Death : the Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law
Published College Station : University of North Texas Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (187 pages)
Series North Texas Crime & Criminal Justice S., 2 ; v. 2
North Texas Crime & Criminal Justice S., 2
Contents Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Author's Notes; Chapter One: Disconcerting Stares; Chapter Two: Morocco; Chapter Three: "Pick on me"; Chapter Four: America; Chapter Five: The North Dallas Nightclub Scene; Chapter Six: A Position for Tragedy; Chapter Seven: "Take that . . ."; Chapter Eight: "I came to kill you."; Chapter Nine: "A miracle from God"; Chapter Ten: For the State; Chapter Eleven: For the Defense; Chapter Twelve: "An altered state of consciouness"; Chapter Thirteen: For the Jury; Chapter Fourteen: "Dying by littles"; Chapter Fifteen: Ad Seg
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
Homicide -- Texas
Life imprisonment -- Texas
Homicide.
Life imprisonment.
Mass murder.
Texas.
Texas -- Dallas.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781574414219
1574414216