The trials of Eroy Brown : the murder case that shook the Texas prison system / Michael Berryhill.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-228) and index.

A fishing trip to Ellis Prison -- Death at Turkey Creek -- Estelle's bitterness -- A confusing scene -- The aura of Ellis -- The witch and the writ writers -- The question of the gun -- The shadow of Ruiz -- Weasel -- The dangers of testifying -- Old thing -- Eroy as aggressor -- The defense is self-defense -- Eroy's story -- The perfect defendant -- The TDC on trial -- The arc of the moral universe -- The shoes of Eroy Brown -- Politics and prisons -- The state tries again -- A cat batters a mouse -- Twenty-three jurors -- Still not protected -- Paying for justice -- The end of an era -- Free at last -- Aftermath.

Relates the case of Eroy Brown, an African-American convict who killed two white Texas prison officials in 1981, and the successful three-trial defense which ended in his acquittal.