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

by Kent Frates

Overview

An award-winning historian/attorney profiles six notorious cases that remain the talk of courtrooms everywhere: Machine Gun Kelly & the Urschel Kidnapping, US v. David Hall, The Girl Scout Murders, The Karen Silkwood Case, The Sirloin Stockade Murders, and The Oklahoma City Bombing. Complete with 16 pages of historic photographs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937054335
Publisher:	RoadRunner Press
Publication date:	11/28/2014
Pages:	382
Sales rank:	1,027,225
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.30(d)

Table of Contents

Introduction 1

Machine Gun Kelly & The Urschel Kidnapping

1 The Kidnapping 11

2 Not Your Normal Hostage 17

3 The FBI 20

4 The Ransom 23

5 The Hunt 26

6 On the Run 31

7 The First Trial 35

8 Capturing the Kellys 39

9 The Kelly Trial 41

10 Aftermath 44

11 Kathyrn & Ora Set Free 47

United States v. David Hall

12 The Road to Success 55

13 Politics 59

14 Governor Hall 62

15 Kickbacks, Bribes, & The IRS 65

16 Political Defeat 70

17 Wired 75

18 The Sting 79

19 The Payoff 82

20 Federal Charges 85

21 The Trial 89

22 The Defense 93

23 Guilty 97

24 Payback and Denial 99

The Girl Scout Murders

25 The Crime 105

26 The Investigation 108

27 Gene Leroy Hart 113

28 Manhunt 116

29 Homeboy 119

30 Captured 122

31 The Prosecution 125

32 Preliminary Hearing 127

33 Newly Discovered Evidence 131

34 The OSBI Reports 134

35 The Trial 137

36 The Defense 142

37 Controversy 146

The Karen Silk wood Case

38 Unlikely Adversaries 155

39 The Union 159

40 Contamination 162

41 The Fatal Accident 167

42 Accident Reconstruction 171

43 Headlines 175

44 The AEC, The FBI, & Congress 178

45 Silkwood v. Kerr McGee 182

46 The Trial 187

47 The Plaintiff's Case 190

48 The Defense 195

49 Appeal, Reversal, & Settlement 199

The Sirloin Stockade Murders

50 The Crime 207

51 The Investigation Begins 211

52 The Lorenz Case 213

53 The Guns 216

54 Getting a Break 218

55 Roger Dale Stafford 221

56 Lawyered 224

57 The Trial 229

58 Roger Dale Takes the Stand 234

59 The Death Penalty 238

60 The Lorenz Trial 240

61 Verna 248

The Oklahoma City Bombing

62 Where Were You 255

63 McVeigh & Nichols 258

64 Waco 265

65 The Plot 270

66 Leaving a Trail 276

67 Building the Bomb 280

68 The Crime 284

69 The Arrest 288

70 The Investigation 290

71 The Arrest of Nichols 294

72 McVeigh's Lawyer 297

73 The Legal Battle Begins 302

74 The Trial 308

75 The Defense 314

76 The Case Against Nichols 317

77 Nichols's Defense 322

78 State of Oklahoma v. Nichols 327

79 Conspiracy Theories 334

Postscript 337

Acknowledgments 339

Notes 341