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, trials (murder) [X], race relations, legal stories, homicide [X], mississippi, trials (homicide)
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, uxoricide, trials (murder) [X], homicide [X], trials (homicide)
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of the murder of Iowa farmer John Hossack in December 1900, drawing from newspaper accounts, government documents, unpublished memoirs, and the legal record to retrace the subsequent investigation, and the arrest and trial of his wife, Margaret.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, trials (murder) [X], homicide [X], trials (homicide)
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
Native Son
Right from the start, Bigger Thomas had been headed for jail. It could have been for assault or petty larceny; by chance, it was for murder and rape.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 146
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 700
subjects: african american men, thomas, bigger (fictitious character), thomas, bigger (fictional character), bildungsromans, chicago (ill.), death row inmates, trials (murder) [X], murderers, homicide [X], african americans, blacks, feature films, film adaptations, audiobooks, murder, spanish language
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, trials (murder) [X], trials (homicide), homicide [X], 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, women murderers, trials (murder) [X], homicide [X], trials (homicide)
The Wrong Man
345.73
year: 2001
copies: 1
call number/section: 345.73
lexile:
subjects: sheppard, sam, trials (murder) [X], judicial error, murder, trials (homicide), homicide [X]
The Laramie Project
A play by Moises Kaufman which chronicles life in the town of Laramie, Wyoming, in the year following the brutal murder of Matthew Shepard, who was killed because he was homosexual.
812.54
year: 2001
copies: 3
call number/section: 812.54
lexile:
subjects: shepard, matthew, gay men, trials (murder) [X], homophobia, homicide [X], laramie (wyo.), trials (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) [X], murder, trials (homicide), homicide [X]
Waiting To Be Heard
Amanda Knox relates her trial and time spent in jail for the accused murder of her roommate Meredith Kercher in Perugia, Italy, and her subsequent acquittal.
920
year: 2013
copies: 4
call number/section: 920
lexile:
subjects: knox, amanda, murder, homicide investigation, trials (murder) [X], homicide [X], criminal investigation
Beach Road
Montauk lawyer Tom Dunleavy is hired to represent a high-profile triple-murder suspect, local star athlete Dante Halleyville; but the case becomes complicated by his client's popularity and a dangerous secret being protected by members of East Hampton's elite class.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: upper class, homicide [X], criminal investigation, attorney and client, trials (homicide), rich, trials (murder) [X], rich people, east hampton (n.y.)
The Lives Of Sacco And Vanzetti
A graphic novel account of the lives and deaths of Italian immigrants and admitted anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, who were accused of murder in Braintree, Massachusetts, in 1920, tried, convicted, and executed, in a case that caused an uproar around the world due to the questionable circumstances surrounding the case.
345.73
year: 2015
copies: 14
call number/section: 345.73
lexile:
subjects: sacco, nicola, vanzetti, bartolomeo, sacco-vanzetti trial, dedham, mass., 1921, murder, trials (murder) [X], homicide [X], braintree (mass.), nonfiction comics, comics (graphic works)
The Murder Of Emmett Till
Examines the death of Emmett Till, a fourteen-year-old African-American boy from Chicago murdered by two white men in August 1955 after he reportedly whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store, and discusses the killing's impact as a catalyst for the civil rights movement.
364.15
year: 2004
copies: 5
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
subjects: till, emmett, african americans, lynching, trials (murder) [X], video recordings for the hearing impaired, homicide [X], mississippi
The Letter Of The Law
Casey Jordan is a young Texas attorney and is caught between two dangerouse men: the grief-stricken father of a young murder victim and a cunning serial killer who plots to strike again.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: lawyers, serial killers, homicide [X], women lawyers, trials (murder) [X], trials (homicide), legal stories, texas