02645nam 22006494a 450 991078317720332120230617021659.01-57441-421-61-4337-1050-11-4175-3147-9(CKB)1000000000008743(EBL)317475(OCoLC)191727852(SSID)ssj0000275021(PQKBManifestationID)11195479(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000275021(PQKBWorkID)10350331(PQKB)11762976(MiAaPQ)EBC317475(OCoLC)56066806(MdBmJHUP)muse9992(Au-PeEL)EBL317475(CaPaEBR)ebr10062671(OCoLC)935264753(EXLCZ)99100000000000874320030403d2003 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrWorse than death[electronic resource] the Dallas nightclub murders and the Texas multiple murder law /Gary M. Lavergne1st ed.Denton University of North Texas Press20031 online resource (289 p.)North Texas crime and criminal justice ;no. 2Description based upon print version of record.1-57441-167-5 Contains bibliographical references and index.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; IndexIn 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.North Texas crime and criminal justice series ;no. 2.Mass murderTexasDallasHomicideTexasLife imprisonmentTexasMass murderHomicideLife imprisonment364.6/09764Lavergne Gary M.1955-1533169MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783177203321Worse than death3779877UNINA