Gary M Lavergne: 4 books
Bad Boy from Rosebud
The Murderous Life of Kenneth Allen McDuff
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
In October of 1989, the State of Texas set Kenneth Allen McDuff, the Broomstick Murderer, free on parole. By choosing to murder again, McDuff became the architect of an extraordinarily intolerant atmosphere in Texas. The spasm of prison construction and parole reforms—collectively called the “McDuff...
Before Brown
Heman Marion Sweatt, Thurgood Marshall, and the Long Road to Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2010
On February 26, 1946, an African American from Houston applied for admission to the University of Texas School of Law. Although he met all of the school's academic qualifications, Heman Marion Sweatt was denied admission because he was black. He challenged the university's decision in court, and the...
by Gary M. Lavergne
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 1997
On August 1 1966 Charles Whitman ascended the University of Texas Tower and committed what was then the largest simultaneous mass murder in American history. He gunned down forty-five people inside and around the Tower before he was killed by two Austin police officers. In addition to promoting the...
Worse Than Death
The Dallas Nightclub Murders and the Texas Multiple Murder Law
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2003
In 1984, a Moroccan national named Abdelkrim Belachheb walked into Iannis Restaurant, a trendy Dallas nightclub, and gunned down seven people. Six died. Despite the fact that the crimes occurred in a state that prides itself on being tough on criminals, the death penalty was not an option for the Belachheb...