The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System

Eroy Brown should have been a dead man after killing in self defense a prison warden and a top prison manager. Brown was black, with a long criminal history, when Texas was in some ways more conservative and redneck than it is now (it's still as conservative but not as blatantly redneck). Craig Washington, a young black lawyer/state legislator, led the defense in Brown's capital murder trials and proved Brown acted in self defense. The book shows how hellish Texas prisons were, and how corrupt some of the officials were, e.g., stealing tires and other equipment. They treated the black inmates like slaves, and when they got uppity, would take them to the "bottoms," the river bottoms or other isolated areas where they could beat them or even kill them. The book is well written, moves fast, and is as compelling as a first rate fictional legal or suspense thriller. I read a lot of true crime books and this one is in my top five. I'm not doing justice to it with this review. Just buy it and read it for yourself!

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outstanding documentary book