A Time To Kill
In Clanton, Mississippi, the life of a ten-year-old girl is shattered by two drunken and remorseless young men.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 770
subjects: murder [X], trials (murder), race relations, legal stories, homicide, mississippi, trials (homicide) [X]
Dead By Sunset
Tells the story of the bludgeoning death of attorney Cheryl Keeton in 1986 and the subsequent arrest and trial of her husband, Brad Cunningham, who was convicted of murder.
364.1
year: 1996
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.1
lexile:
subjects: keeton, cheryl, cunningham, bradly morris, murder [X], uxoricide, trials (murder), homicide, trials (homicide) [X]
Midnight Assassin
Presents an account of the murder of Iowa farmer John Hossack in December 1900, drawing from newspaper accounts, government documents, unpublished memoirs, and the legal record to retrace the subsequent investigation, and the arrest and trial of his wife, Margaret.
364.15
year: 2005
copies: 3
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: hossack, margaret, glaspell, susan, murder [X], trials (murder), homicide, trials (homicide) [X]
The Fixer
Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman, is accused of the murder of a young Russian boy and refuses to confess to a crime he did not commit in spite of the injustices committed against him.
FIC
year: 2004
copies: 7
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 960
Helter Skelter
Recounts the story of the murder of seven people in Los Angeles in 1969 and the trial and conviction of the Manson "family" for the murders.
364.1
year: 1995
copies: 26
call number/section: 364.1
lexile:
subjects: manson, charles, murder [X], trials (murder), trials (homicide) [X], homicide, manson, charles, 1934-
Alias Grace
Fact-based story of Grace Marks, a sixteen-year-old girl who received a life sentence in 1843 for allegedly taking part in the murder of her employer and his lover, but whose case continued to stir debate throughout her prison stay, resulting in her release in 1872.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 15
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: marks, grace, murder [X], women murderers, trials (murder), homicide, trials (homicide) [X]
The Wrong Man
345.73
year: 2001
copies: 1
call number/section: 345.73
lexile:
subjects: sheppard, sam, trials (murder), judicial error, murder [X], trials (homicide) [X], homicide
The O.j. Simpson Murder Trial
An account of the criminal and civil trials of O.J. Simpson for the murders of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ron Goldman.
345.73
year: 2001
copies: 6
call number/section: 345.73
lexile:
subjects: simpson, o. j., simpson, nicole brown, goldman, ronald lyle, trials (murder), murder [X], trials (homicide) [X], homicide
The Affair Of The Poisons
Chronicles the events surrounding the black magic and poisoning scandal that enveloped France during the reign of Louis XIV, describing how high-standing members of society were tried and executed for witchcraft during the late seventeenth century.
364.15
year: 2004
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: brinvilliers, marie-madeleine gobelin, montespan, fran?oise-ath?na?s de rochechouart de mortemart, poisoning, trials (murder), murder [X], poisons and poisoning, trials (homicide) [X], france
Incident At Howard Beach
Investigates a 1986 event at Howard Beach in New York in which four black men were attacked in a racial incident.
364.1
year: 1990
copies: 1
call number/section: 364.1
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], homicide investigation, trials (murder), trials (homicide) [X], new york (n.y.)
A Time To Kill
In southern Mississippi, an African-American father kills the two white men who raped and beat his ten-year-old daughter, and a pair of idealistic but inexperienced young lawyers take the case only to find themselves targets of hatred and bigotry in a racist community.
FIC
year: 1997
copies: 1
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: murder [X], trials (murder), video recordings for the hearing impaired, homicide, trials (homicide) [X], mississippi
Shallow Grave In Trinity County
Draws from interviews, original research, and a review of police files to reconstruct the case against Burton Abbott, a young man who was executed for the 1955 murder of fourteen-year-old Stephanie Bryan.
364.15
year: 1997
copies: 2
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: abbott, burton w., bryan, stephanie, murder [X], trials (murder), homicide, trials (homicide) [X]
Vicious
On trial for murdering an actually still-alive Alison DiLaurentis, only Aria, Emily, Spencer, and Hanna know they have been framed and resolve to beat Ali at her own game.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Alice + Freda Forever
In 1892, America was obsessed with a teenage murderess. But it wasn't her crime which shocked the nation, it was her motivation.
306.76
year:
copies: 10
call number/section: 306.76
lexile:
subjects: mitchell, alice, ward, freda, murder [X], lesbian couples, murder in mass media, trials (murder), homicide, trials (homicide) [X], memphis (tenn.), electronic books
The Borden Murders
Discusses the trial of Lizzie Borden and the murders of her parents.
345.74
year: 2019
copies: 34
call number/section: 345.74
lexile: 1100
subjects: borden, andrew jackson, borden, abby durfee gray, borden, lizzie, murder [X], trials (murder), fall river (mass.), trials (homicide) [X], homicide, criminal investigation