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Author
Publisher
Holt
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Follows the 1925 murder trial of African-American doctor Ossian Sweet, who was accused of murdering a white person during a mob attack on his home, and includes a history of the Sweet family and a portrait of his attorney, Clarence Darrow.
Author
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Emmett Till offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett Till, the fourteen-year-old African American boy from Chicago brutally lynched for a harmless flirtation at a country store in the Mississippi Delta. His death and the acquittal of his killers by an all-white jury set off a firestorm of protests that reverberated all over the world and spurred on the civil rights movement. Like...
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this work of nonfiction, Elon Green reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes. The victims of the serial murderer dubbed the 'Last Call Killer' were all gay men, and Green tries to shine a light onto their complicated lives and the queer community in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s as well. Peter Stickney Anderson was the first of the known victims"--
245) Hancock County
Publisher
Thomson Productions
Pub. Date
c2003.
Language
English
Description
"When Joseph Smith and his brother Hyrum were shot to death in Carthage Jail on 27 June 1844, the dream that had built a haven for the Saints on the banks of the Mississippi died with them. A year later, five prominent citizens of Carthage were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and a trial was held in neighboring Warsaw. Hancock County explores the lives and interests behind this complicated and volatile period in Latter-day Saint history."...
Series
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009.
Language
English
Description
Other men's women (1931): Bill and Jack are railroad men. When Bill comes to stay with Jack and his wife, Bill and Lily fall in love. Jack confronts Bill about his suspicions and the two fight, leaving Jack seriously injured.
The purchase price (1932): Joan Gordon is a singer tiring of her relationship with Eddie. She flees to North Dakota to become a mail-order bride. Happiness is threatened by her stubborn husband, a lecherous neighbor and the...
247) Bury the lead
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Asked to help safeguard the innocence of a reporter who has been selected as the mouthpiece for a serial killer, defense attorney Andy Carpenter finds his job getting more difficult when the reporter is arrested for the murders.
248) Play dead
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Wisecracking New Jersey defense attorney Andy Carpenter rescues a golden retriever from euthanasia, learns that the dog was involved in a previous owner's murder conviction, and is persuaded by the man's sister to reopen the case.
250) Fracture
Publisher
New Line Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2007.
Language
English
Description
Ted Crawford is a wealthy, brilliant, and meticulous structural engineer who lives in Los Angeles. He shoots his wife and entraps her lover. After the police arrive, he signs a confession. At his arraignment, he asserts his rights to represent himself and asks the court to move immediately to trial. The prosecutor is Willy Beachum, a hotshot D.A. who is getting ready to leave for a civil-law firm. He is told by everyone the case is open and shut....
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