4. A Confusing Scene

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1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Prologue: Victorville, 2010 1
4. 1. A Fishing Trip to Ellis Prison 5
5. 2. Death at Turkey Creek 14
6. 3. Estelle’s Bitterness 21
7. 4. A Confusing Scene 32
8. 5. The Aura of Ellis 42
9. 6. The Witch and the Writ Writers 49
10. 7. The Question of the Gun 57
11. 8. The Shadow of Ruiz 65
12. 9. Weasel 72
13. 10. The Dangers of Testifying 81
14. 11. Old Thing 88
15. 12. Eroy as Aggressor 96
16. 13. The Defense Is Self-Defense 106
17. 14. Eroy’s Story 110
18. 15. The Perfect Defendant 121
19. 16. The TDC on Trial 130
20. 17. The Arc of the Moral Universe 137
21. 18. The Shoes of Eroy Brown 144
22. 19. Politics and Prisons 150
23. 20. The State Tries Again 156
24. 21. A Cat Batters a Mouse 162
25. 22. Twenty-Three Jurors 171
26. 23. Still Not Protected 176
27. 24. Paying for Justice 181
28. 25. The End of an Era 187
29. 26. Free at Last 192
30. 27. Aftermath 201
31. Notes 208
32. A Note on the Sources 223
33. Selected Bibliography 225
34. Acknowledgments 229
35. Index 231