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Oklahoma's Most Notorious Cases: Machine Gun Kelly Trial, Us Vs David Hall, Girl Scout Murders, Karen Silkwood, Oklahoma City Bombing - Hardcover

Frates, Kent

 
9781937054335: Oklahoma's Most Notorious Cases: Machine Gun Kelly Trial, Us Vs David Hall, Girl Scout Murders, Karen Silkwood, Oklahoma City Bombing
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1937054330 ISBN 13: 9781937054335
Verlag: ROAD RUNNER PR, 2014

Inhaltsangabe

Oklahoma has had more than its share of sensational legal battles, but for the first time in one volume, attorney and historian Kent Frates reveals the facts behind six cases that helped shape the history of the state and the nation. From bloody murders, to political scandal, to acts of domestic terrorism, Oklahoma's Most Notorious Cases captures the stories, the times, and the import of these landmark trials.Covering a time span from 1933 to 2004, Frates begins with the trial of the Machine Gun Kelly Gang for the kidnapping of a prominent oilman and ends with the convictions of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols for the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City.Populated by a host of stranger-than-fiction characters a Cherokee outlaw, a bloodthirsty con man, a crooked governor, and a twisted soldier, the stories reveal the cold calculation inherent in the perpetrators and the guts, guile, and tenacity required of the dedicated law enforcement professionals who brought these men and women to justice.Rounding out the six cases profiled: Thee Girl Scout Murders, The Karen Silkwood Case, The Sirloin Stockade Murders, and U.S. vs. David Hall stories of crimes solved and unsolved and all of the turmoil and controversy that comes with such crimes.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Kent Frates is an Oklahoma City attorney who has practiced law in the state since 1964. He is the author of numerous award-winning historical articles, as well as two works of nonfiction, Oklahoma Hiking Trails and Oklahoma Courthouse Legends.

Aus dem Klappentext

Oklahoma has had more than its share of sensational legal battles, but for the first time in one volume, attorney and historian Kent Frates reveals the facts behind six cases that helped shape the history of the state and the nation. From bloody murders, to political scandal, to acts of domestic terrorism, Oklahoma's Most Notorious Cases captures the stories, the times, and the import of these landmark trials.Covering a time span from 1933 to 2004, Frates begins with the trial of the Machine Gun Kelly Gang for the kidnapping of a prominent oilman and ends with the convictions of Tim McVeigh and Terry Nichols for the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in the heart of downtown Oklahoma City.Populated by a host of stranger-than-fiction characters a Cherokee outlaw, a bloodthirsty con man, a crooked governor, and a twisted soldier, the stories reveal the cold calculation inherent in the perpetrators and the guts, guile, and tenacity required of the dedicated law enforcement professionals who brought these men and women to justice.Rounding out the six cases profiled: Thee Girl Scout Murders, The Karen Silkwood Case, The Sirloin Stockade Murders, and U.S. vs. David Hall stories of crimes solved and unsolved and all of the turmoil and controversy that comes with such crimes.

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Verlag
ROAD RUNNER PR
Erscheinungsdatum
2014
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1937054330
ISBN 13 
9781937054335
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
338
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