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‘A jarring portrait’: Publishers’ Weekly reviews ‘The Trials of Eroy Brown’
Publishers’ Weekly has reviewed The Trials of Eroy Brown: The Murder Case That Shook the Texas Prison System, the forthcoming book by Michael Berryhill. An excerpt: Well documented and unsentimental, Berryhill’s account of this infamous 30- year-old murder case that … Continue reading
Eroy Brown’s story
In 1981, a black inmate killed two white prison officials at a Texas prison farm. One of the slain men was the prison’s warden. The other was the supervisor of its farm operations. The farm boss was shot to death. … Continue reading
Where is Eroy Brown now?
After his acquittal in the Ellis Unit prison guard murders, Eroy Brown was freed, but was later convicted of committing an unrelated crime. For his own protection, he is not housed in a Texas prison, and instead is held in … Continue reading
